Paradyne 3160-A2-GB21-50 Entering a Password to Gain Access, Acquiring/Releasing User Interface

Operation

Entering a Password to Gain Access

You are prompted to enter a password (up to

8 characters) when you are accessing a port whose Password configuration option is set (refer to the previous section, Setting a Password).

Valid password characters are 0 ±9, a±z, A±Z, #, -, .,and /. The existing password is not shown on the screen. An underscore in the first position shows where to enter the first character. If the password is set to all null characters (default value), press F3 (Done) when the password screen first appears.

The following screen appears when you access a DSU/CSU that has a password enabled.

Passwd:_

Up Down Done

F1 F2 F3

To enter a password,

1.Use the and keys to position the cursor under the desired character. You must enter a

character before the key moves the cursor to

the next space to the right. The key is not destructive.

Passwd:xxxxxxxx

Up Down Done

F1 F2 F3

2.Enter the required password. Press F1 (Up) and F2 (Down) to scroll up and down through the valid characters/numbers for the password. You have five minutes to enter the correct password before the DSU/CSU ends the session.

3.Press F3 (Done) to indicate you are done entering the password. If you enter an invalid password, the message Invalid Password appears.

Acquiring/Releasing

the User Interface

You can access the user interface from either the front panel, the COM port, the MODEM port (for standalone DSU/CSUs), or the SDCP (for carrier-mounted DSU/CSUs). The DSU/CSU allows only one user interface to be active at a time. The front panel is the default user interface at power-up or after a reset. It is also the default during a software download or when a failure occurs at either the local or remote PC interface.

You can switch an inactive user interface to active if,

•The current active user interface has had no activity (no key was pressed) for at least five minutes.

•The active user interface has been released with the Release command.

•The active interface connection is broken. This includes the call disconnect for a modem interface or the termination of the front panel emulation program on a locally-attached PC (if the PC supports DTR) or the termination of the async terminal interface on a remote or locally-attached terminal.

Acquiring the Active User Interface

To acquire the active user interface, press any key. If you are using the PC interface, use the mouse to click on the desired Function key.

The top-level menu screen appears on the active user interface, regardless of what screen was displayed at the previous active user interface.

DSU ESF

Stat Test Cnfig

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