Bay Technical Associates DS74 manual Port Device Type, Unit responds with the port’s current type

DS74 Serial I/O Module

+	----+------	+	-----------------Device	+	------+------	+------	+------	+---------	+----	+----	+
PortDevice					Baud Word Stop		ParityHandshakeLineDrive
	Type		Name		Rate Size Bits				DTR	RTS
+	----+------	+	-----------------	+	------+------	+------	+------	+---------	+----	+----	+
	1 RS232 Device A				9600 8	1	None None		HI	HI
+	----+------	+	-----------------	+	------+------	+------	+------	+---------	+----	+----	+
Enter Port Device Name				(Max. 16	characters):
	or press ENTER for no			change .....:test

NOTE: Once you make a change to the Port Device Name, you have to back out of the menu and will be asked to Accept changes. If you type ‘y’ for yes, the changes take effect immediately for the serial port.

Accept changes ? (Y/N) :y

Type ‘Y’ for YES or ‘N’ for NO and press <cr>.

Changes accepted.

Port Device Type

There are two configurations of port types. The standard RS-232 is the basic configuration for transfer of data. RPC-SNMP is allows the port to be monitored through SNMP protocol. The host module will poll the port at a predetermined time based on the firmware and displays the RPC/RPS SNMP ID data from the unit connect to the port on the host main menu. Default is RS-232 Type

NOTE: If no RPC/RPS with SNMP enabled device is connected to the port, the host module will wait approximately 40 seconds for the port to respond to it’s polling upon power up or host module unit reset and display the following: No communication with RPC at Module # Port #

Select the port you want to change the TYPE, followed by a <cr>.

Enter Serial Port Number (? = Help, ENTER = Exit) :1

The unit responds with the port’s current type.
Module 2, Port 1 device type: RS232
Note: Changing port type will force a unit reset when configuration is exited
RS-232	1
RPC-SNMP	2
Exit	X,CR
Enter Request :2

Selecting either option the module responds with the DS74 Configuration Menu.

NOTE: Once you make a change to the port type, you have to back out of the Port Type menu and will be asked to Accept changes. If you type ‘Y’ for YES, the changes take effect immediately for the serial port.

Accept changes ? (Y/N) :y

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