DS72 HOST MODULE OWNER’S MANUAL

DETAILED OPERATION AND CONFIGURATION

Enter Gateway address in dotted decimal form:

 

The DS72 responds indefinitely with the same request until the Gateway

 

address is entered in the correct form.

Activity Timeout

When this option is enabled, the DS72 will automatically disconnect, if there

 

is no activity,

after the programmed amount of time. Default is 0

 

(disabled). The enabling input can be from 1 to 120 minutes.

 

From the configuration menu, select #4, “Activity Timeout,” followed by

 

<cr>. The DS72 responds:

 

 

Connection Inactivity Timeout is 0 minutes

 

Enter timeout, in minutes (<=120, 0 to disable) :

 

Enter 0 to disable or a number between 1 and 120 (inclusive) to set the

 

timeout.

 

 

Carriage Return

Press “E” to enable the DS72 Telnet

processor to strip line feeds or nulls

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which follow carriage returns. Press “D” to allow the characters to pass

 

through and press <cr> to leave this option unchanged. Default is

 

“disabled” .

 

 

 

From the configuration menu, select #5, “Carriage Return Translation,”

 

followed by <cr>. The DS72 responds:

 

Carriage Return Translation is....Disabled

 

Enable ? (Y/N), CR for no change) :

Programmable Break

Users may configure the DS72 for a break length of 1 - 1000 milliseconds.

 

When a user, running a Telnet session with the DS72 and connected to a

 

serial port on a DS74, sends a Telnet break command (0xF3) to the DS72,

 

the serial port will send a break signal of the programmed duration. Default

 

is 350 milliseconds.

 

 

From the configuration menu, select #6, “Break Length,” followed by

 

<cr>. The DS72 responds:

 

 

Break Length is (msec)

350

 

Enter break length, in milliseconds (<10000, 0 to disable) :

UNIT ID

The unit ID (64 chars. max.) appears in the DS72 configuration menu and

 

uniquely identifies the module. Default Unit ID is BAYTECH DS72.

 

Select 10, “Unit ID,” from the configuration menu, followed by <cr>. The

 

DS72 module displays the current Unit ID and asks for a new name:

 

Unit ID is

BAYTECH DS72

 

Change It? (Y/N Change) :

 

 

Enter Unit ID (64 chars. max.) :

 

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