EDS-518A Series User’s Manual

EDS Configurator GUI

4.Click Yes in response to the following warning message to accept the new settings.

Unlock Server

The Unlock Server function is used to open a password protected switch so that the user can modify its configuration, import/export a configuration, etc. There are six possible responses under the Status column. The Status of an EDS-518A indicates how the switch was located (by MOXA EtherDevice Switch Configurator), and what type of password protection it has.

The six options are as follows (note that the term Fixed is borrowed from the standard fixed IP address networking terminology):

yLocked

The switch is password protected, “Broadcast Search” was used to locate it, and the password has not yet been entered from within the current Configurator session.

yUnlocked

The switch is password protected, “Broadcast Search” was used to locate it, and the password has been entered from within the current Configurator session. Henceforth during this Configurator session, activating various utilities for this switch will not require re-entering the server password.

yBlank

EDS-518A is not password protected, and “Broadcast Search” was used to locate it.

yFixed

EDS-518A is not password protected, and “Search by IP address” was used to locate it manually.

yLocked Fixed

EDS-518A is password protected, “Search by IP address” was used to locate it manually, and the password has not yet been entered from within the current Configurator session.

yUnlocked Fixed

EDS-518A is password protected, “Search by IP address” was used to locate it manually, and the password has been entered from within the current Configurator session. Henceforth during this Configurator session, activating various utilities for this EDS-518A will not require re-entering the server password.

Follow the steps given below to unlock a locked EDS-518A (i.e., an EDS-518A with Status “Locked” or “Locked Fixed”). Highlight the server (from the MOXA EtherDevice Switch list in

the Configurator window’s left pane), and then click the Unlock toolbar icon, or select Unlock from the Configuration menu.

1.Enter the switch’s User Name and Password when prompted, and then click OK.

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