HP 4250 manual Direction Buttons, Numeric Keypad, Making Entries, Messages on the Front Panel

Cancel changes or end an operation.

Direction Buttons

Up. Press this button to return to the previous menu item or step of a procedure. If Enter hasn't been pressed, changes will not be applied.

Down. Press this button to advance to the next menu item or step of a procedure.

Left. When there is a choice of options (as indicated in the front panel display), press this button to toggle backward through the choices.

Right. When there is a choice of options (as indicated in the front panel display), press this button to toggle forward through the choices.

Numeric Keypad

The numeric keypad has buttons for the numbers 0-9. Above the keys are letters of the alphabet, like the keypad on a telephone.

Use the numeric keypad to enter numeric values, such as IP address, subnet mask, and so forth, when configuring the PSA. The letters above the keys can be useful as a mnemonic aid when entering the device's password.

Making Entries

Use and on the front panel to move the cursor in the front panel display. Enter only numbers from the keypad. When the entry is complete, press .

Messages on the Front Panel

When the PSA is powered up, it executes a series of self tests. It then displays a series of messages, including "Booting...

Configuring... Validating... Extracting... Formatting..." etc.

When the startup process is complete, the PSA displays a repeating series of normal operating messages.

The first line of the display shows the PSA name which can be entered from the web interface during configuration (on the