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

Operation

3-353160-A2-GB21-50 January 1997

Entering a Password to GainAccess

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

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

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

F2 F3