Chapter 4. Administration

(Continued from previous page.)

Setting

Meaning

 

 

Operating Mode

The choices are:

 

Console Management: In this mode, users establish a Telnet or

 

SSH session under the SN0108 / SN0116 to manage a server

 

or serial device connected to the port. Users can log in using

 

the browser Telnet function, a direct Telnet session, SSH or

 

PuTTY. This mode can also be used for Out-of-Band

 

operation via the SN0108 / SN0116’s Console Port. See Out

 

of Band Operation, Chapter 6.

 

Raw TCP Mode: This mode is used with socket programming to

 

directly control the device’s data transmission without the

 

need for serial port control or serial modem signal control.

 

Only data is transmitted (using IP as the protocol).

 

Note: When you use the IP address you must also specify the

 

port number. For example:

 

192.168.0.200 5003.

 

For security purposes, access to the port can be limited to

 

specific IP addresses. See Direct Access, page 40, for further

 

details.

 

Real COM Port: Used with a virtual COM port driver on the local

 

machine (See Real COM Port Management, Chapter 7 for

 

virtual port management details.) The device connected to this

 

port appears as if it were a device directly connected to a

 

COM port on the local computer. Data transmission between

 

the device and the local computer takes place over the virtual

 

COM port to the SN0108 / SN0116.

 

This mode is useful with serial devices such POS terminals,

 

Bar Code Readers, Serial printers, etc. In addition, this mode

 

can be used with other Altusen management products, such

 

as the PN9108 Power Over the NET™.

 

As with Raw TCP Mode, access to the port can be limited to

 

specific IP addresses with the Direct Access function (see

 

page 40).

 

 

Timeout

If there is no input on this port for the amount of time set here, the

 

port is released for use by another user.

 

Note: This field does not appear if the port is selected as a

 

Console port. (See OOBC, page 28, for selection details.)

 

 

Authorized

The Authorized Operators field indicates the users that are

Operators

authorized to operate the port (seeUser Manager, page 37). The

 

information in this field is for viewing purposes only. It can't be

 

changed on this page.

 

 

ŠWhen you have finished making your choices, click Update to save them.

ŠTo abandon your choices without saving them, simply leave the page.

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