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Local Terminal Configuration
Using the Main Menu
4.Press a number to select a field and then type the corresponding values necessary to configure the probe to operate on your network.
Serial port IP address | Press 3 and then type the serial port IP address for the |
| probe. The default Serial Port IP Address is 0.0.0.0. |
Serial port | Press 4 and then type the serial port subnet mask for |
subnet mask | the probe (optional). It is recommended that you do not |
| change the serial port subnet mask unless there is a |
| conflict. The default Serial Port Subnet Mask is |
| 255.255.255.192. |
Serial port speed | Press 5 and then type a serial port speed (300 to 38,400 |
| baud) for the probe’s SNMP connection. The default is |
| 9600 baud. This speed is used only for |
| access to the probe using SNMP. It does not affect the |
| serial connection for the local terminal, which is fixed at |
| 9600 baud. |
| Make sure that the serial port speed is set to less than or |
| equal to the maximum speed of the modem to be used. |
Serial port mode | Press 6 and then select the serial port mode by pressing 1 |
| for direct connection (the default) or 2 for modem |
| connection. |
Serial port hardware | Press 7 and then select hardware flow control Off by |
flow control | pressing 1 or hardware flow control On (the default) by |
| pressing 2. |
Modem Init String | Press 8 and then type the modem initialization string. |
| Only the first 20 characters of the 256 character |
| maximum will be displayed in the Modify/View Serial |
| Port Settings menu. The default is |
| ^s^M^d1^sATEOQOV1X4 S0=1 S2=43^M. |
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