Black Box 5000 manual Review System Message Log, Menu Functions, Administration, Reset

CONFIGURING THE BANNER MESSAGE

The factory default message for the LCD is Name Your Node. This message can be customized at an async terminal operating in the Command Facility. Follow these procedures:

At this prompt, enter the LCD Banner Message. The message may be a maximum of 20 characters and can contain any displayable characters

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including spaces. Press <cr> and the configuration is complete.

THE BANNER MESSAGE MENU

The Banner Message Menu offers you the following two selections:

They are discussed in Sections 13.3 and 13.4, respectively.

13.3 Review System Message Log

The 10 most current alarm and status messages are maintained in a system message log in chronological order for the operator to review.

To access the system message log from the Banner Message Display, press the left arrow key. Review System Message Log will appear. Press the down arrow key to enter the log.

The messages are viewed starting with the most current and ending with the least current by pressing the right arrow key. Use the left arrow key to reverse direction and view the message previously displayed. Press the up arrow key to exit to the Banner Display message.

A complete list of LCD alarm and status messages is in Appendix D.

CHAPTER 13: LCD/Keypad

13.4 Menu Functions

The Menu Functions Menu of the LCD offers you some diagnostic, administration, and configuration capability from the keypad. At the Banner Message Display, press the right arrow key. Menu Functions will display. Press the down arrow key. If a password is configured, the following prompt will appear: Enter Password. Terminate with EXE key. (See Section 13.1 for more information on LCD/keypad passwords.) The first menu option, Administration, will appear. To access the other options, Diagnostics and Configuration, press the right arrow key.

13.5 Administration

The administration branch of the LCD menu tree offers the following three options: System, Voice/Fax, and Local Node ID. Each of these options is discussed below.

SYSTEM

The System Menu offers the following four options:

Option	Description
Clear	Clears the blinking backlight when
Latched	alarm messages are displayed at the
Alarms	Banner Message Display.
System Reset	Offers two options, default
	configuration (cold start) and
	current configuration (warm start).
	For more information, see
	Section 11.1, Reset.
Restart Link	The screen will prompt you for the
	link channel number.
Reset	For data and voice/fax channels.
Channel	The screen will prompt you for the
	channel number.

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