Western Telematic CMS-16 Status Screens, Save User Selected Parameters, Port Status Screen /S

WTI CMS-16; Console Management Switch -- User's Guide

5.7. Save User Selected Parameters

Although this step is optional, it is strongly recommended to save all user- defined parameters to an ASCII file. This will allow quick recovery in the event of accidental deletion or reconfiguration of port parameters. Section 8 describes the procedure for saving configuration parameters to an ASCII file.

6. The Status Screens

The CMS Status Screens display the connection status and communication parameters for the sixteen RS-232 ports and the Network Port. There are four different types of status screens; The Port Status Screen (/S), the Port Diagnostics Screen (/SD), the Network Status Screen (/SN), and the Port Parameters Screens (/W).

6.1. The Port Status Screen (/S)

The Port Status Screen lists the general status of the CMS's

RS-232 ports. To display the Port Status Screen, access the command mode and type /S [Enter], the screen will appear as shown in Figure 6.1.

Although both Supervisors and Users can display the Port Status Screen, the screen will appear slightly different, depending upon whether the command mode was accessed with the Supervisor Password or a Port Password. When a Port Password (User Mode) is entered at login, the Port Status Screen will only display the status of those ports that share the same Port Password that was entered at login.

When the Supervisor Mode is active, the Port Status Screen offers the option to either display or suppress Port Passwords. Normally, when the /S command is invoked, the Password column will read either "defined" or "undefined", depending upon whether or not the password for each port has been specified. To display the Port Status Screen with Port Passwords included, type /SP and then press [Enter]. Note that the /SP command option is not available in User Mode.

PORT		NAME		PASSWORD	STATUS			MODE BUFFER COUNT
-----+		------------------	+	------------------	+	--------Free	+	------Any	+	--------------0
01	(undefined)		(undefined)
02	(undefined)		(undefined)			Free		Any		0
03	(undefined)		(undefined)			Free		Any		0
04	(undefined)		(undefined)			Free		Any		0
05	(undefined)		(undefined)			Free		Any		0
06	(undefined)		(undefined)			Free		Any		0
07	(undefined)		(undefined)			Free		Any		0
08	(undefined)		(undefined)			Free		Any		0
09						Free		Any		0
	(undefined)		(undefined)
10	(undefined)		(undefined)			Free		Any		0
11	(undefined)		(undefined)			Free		Any		0

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