Chapter 5: Advanced Operations

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From the Transmitter Main Menu, press 7 and Enter to access the Console Settings Menu.

2.Press 7 and Enter to access the SAMI Menu for the user station. -or-

Press 6 and Enter to access the SAMI Menu for the transmitter.

The Simple ASCII Management (SAMI) Menu will appear and show you the editable SAMI settings, current port numbers and SAMI time-out settings.

New settings to the SAMI are not applied until after entering 0 to exit/apply changes. For proper operation, once a command is sent, wait for a response before another command is sent. Each command must be encapsulated in a single TCP/IP packet.

NOTE: The SAMI is disabled by default and uses password as the default password.

Figure 5.1: Simple ASCII Management Menu

To configure the following on the Simple ASCII Management Menu:

To enable or disable the SAMI, press 1 to toggle back and forth. The screen will be refreshed with the new setting.

To change the default password, press 2 and enter your new password. You will be prompted to re-enter your password. Press Enter to complete this process.

To change the port number (between 1024 and 65535), press 3.

To enter the session time-out time (in minutes), press 4.

Press 0 (zero) to exit and apply changes, or press c to cancel the changes, if any.

Example session

Send the use password password command terminated by a line feed (the response should be resp connect).

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Avocent 590-836-501D manual Example session, Simple Ascii Management Menu

590-836-501D specifications

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