Paradyne 3551 manual Phone, Network Address, Assigning an Address

COMSPHERE 3550 Series Data Service Units

10.Press the key to return to the Enter Dir screen.

11.Press the F3 key to Save the entry.

12.Verify that the number was loaded by pressing the key again and selecting Load (F2).

The telephone number should appear as entered, or you can repeat the procedure to edit/correct your entry.

Table 4-6

Directory Entry and Password Characters

Character 1	Use
0 Ð 9	Dialing digit
*	Tone-dialing character *
#	Tone-dialing character #
t	Tone dial
p	Pulse dial
w	Wait for dial tone
￿	Delimiter, separating telephone
	number and callback directory
	pointer (for use with callback
	security)
, (comma)	In a dial string: a 2-second pause at
	the beginning of a password;
	suppresses display of all following
	characters (invisible mode)
( ) (space)	Space (readability character) 2
_ (underscore)	Required character for end-of-string
	marker (erases end-of-line)

1 The colon (:) character should not be entered from the NMS.

2 Space is not used for directory entries.

Phone

The local telephone number (Phone) feature stores the local DBM's telephone number if a DBM is installed.

Refer to Table 4-6 to see all available telephone number characters.

Network Address

The network address (Addr) is the network address of the local DSU. It is only available from the Local branch. The DSU's network address is a number in the range of 1 to 254 if the DSU has a DBM installed. The DBM automatically acquires an address equal to the DSU's plus 1.

Assigning an Address

The Addressing the Unit sections of the installation chapters, Chapters 2 and 3, provide guidelines for assigning an address to the DSU based upon its position in the network ± control or tributary. Follow the steps below to assign a network address to a DSU. Refer to the menu in Appendix A, if necessary.

.Procedure

1.Select Confg (Configuration branch) from the menu.

(Press the key to scroll Confg into view, then press the function key (F3) directly below the branch name to select it.)

2.Press the key until Addr (Address) appears, then select Addr.

3.Select Load.

Net Address appears, with the current network address displayed. (The DSU is shipped with its network address set to 254.)

4.Change the DSU's network address by moving the blinking cursor and incrementing or decrementing the digits (1 through 9).

Press the key ± moves the cursor 1 position to the right.

Press the key ± moves the cursor 1 position to the left.

Press the F1 ( ↑ ) key ± increments the digit by 1 (e.g., 1, 2, 3 ...).

Press the F2 ( ↓) key ± decrements the digit by 1 (e.g., 1, 2, 3, ...).

5.Press the key to return to the Net Address screen when finished entering the DSU's address.

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