User`s guide

The Port Configuration menu offers the following options:
1. Port Name: (Up to 16 characters) Assigns a name to the
port. (Defaults: Ports 1 through 7 = undefined; Port 8 =
"Internal_Modem").
2. Password: (Up to 16 chars.) Defines the Port Password for
this port. Note that identical Port Passwords are generally
assigned to several ports. When this password is entered at
the login prompt, the user will then have access to all ports
that share this password. (Default = undefined).
Notes:
·
The Port Password is not displayed by the Port
Parameters menu. When the Port Password has
been defined, the field for this item will read
“defined”. To display Port Passwords, invoke the
/SP or /WP commands as described in Section 7.
·
The APS will not allow you to define a Port
Password which is the same as the existing
Supervisor Password.
3. Baud Rate: Selects the baud rate for the port. Can be set
to any standard rate from 300 bps to 115.2K bps. (Default
= Selected By SetUp Switches 1, 2, and 3)
4. Bits/Parity: (Default = 8-None).
5. Stop Bits: (Default = 1).
6. Handshake Mode: Selects the handshake format for this
port; XON/XOFF, RTS/CTS (hardware), Both, or None.
(Default = RTS/CTS).
7. Port Mode: Defines the operation mode for this port.
(Default: Ports 1 through 7 = Any-to-Any Mode;
Port 8 = Modem Mode).
Notes:
•
Ports 1 and 2 cannot be configured for Passive Mode or
Buffer Mode.
•
Port 8 is always configured for Modem Mode. Port 8
cannot be set to Any-to-Any Mode, Buffer Mode, or
Passive Mode.
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