Password setting
Password protection allows you restrict access to the system only to authorised personnel. A password first needs to be set and then, using the keyboard attached to the REMOTE module, a simple key sequence allows the system to be quickly and securely detached from its peripherals.
To set a password
1Simultaneously, press the hotkeys (by default, and ) along with to enter configuration mode.
2 Press followed by .
3Now enter your new password, within the following constraints:
•Passwords are NOT case sensitive,
•Passwords may be any length from one character to a maximum of forty characters,
•The following keys may NOT be used: , , , or
4When you have entered the password, press to signal its completion.
5 Press once more to exit configuration mode.
For full details about how to lock and unlock the system using your password, please see the ‘Locking and unlocking the system’ section in the ‘Installation and operation’ chapter.
Password override
This mode allows you to override the password that has been set at the REMOTE module and place it into configuration mode so that a new one may be set. This feature is particularly useful when passwords have been lost or forgotten.
To override the REMOTE password
1 Remove power from the REMOTE module.
2With power to the system and LOCAL module still applied, change LOCAL switch 1 to the ON position.
3
•To clear a password: (within configuration mode) Press followed by
and followed by again.
•You can now enter a new password using the procedure outlined
in steps 2 to 5 of the ‘Password setting’ section, or press to exit configuration mode.
4Return LOCAL switch 1 to its OFF position.
Note: If switch 1 remains ON, then the REMOTE module will enter configuration mode whenever it is repowered and will not operate normally.
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