COMSPHERE 3800Plus Modems
8-46 October 1998 3980-A2-GB30-40
Security ConfigurationOptions
The Security Configuration Options group allows you
to view and set dial access security parameters. This
group appears only if the dial access security feature has
been installed.
Table 8-9 shows each Security configuration option as
it appears on the LCD. The factory default value is shown
after the colon (:) on the first line; all available selections
are listed on the second line. After this, a description of
the each selection follows. These configuration options do
not have an equivalent AT command.
Table 8-9
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Security Configuration Options
*EntryWait_Time: 20 sec
Nxt 20 sec 10 sec 40 sec 60 sec
Entry Wait Timeout. Determines how long the answering modem waits for the originating modem to enter a VF-side
password and DTE-side password.
This timer resets for each phase of access security. For example, if a VF-side password and a DTE-side password
are required, then the user has 20 seconds per entry to input the correct password.
The factory default is 20 seconds.
VF_Prompt_Type: 2nd_DialTone
Nxt 2nd_DialTone Quiet_Answer
VF Prompt Type. Determines how the answering modem requests a valid password from the originating modem for
the valid password. This configuration option is only used for VF-side password entry and is not valid for DTE-side
password entry.
NOTE: This configuration option only appears if the Answer Security Mode configuration option is configured for
VF_&_DTE.
2nd Dial Tone – Once the answering modem is off-hook, it generates a dial tone to the originating modem as a
prompt for that modem’s VF-side password. (Wait for Second Dial Tone is represented by a W in the dial command
string.)
Quiet Answer – Once the answering modem is off-hook, it does not send an answer tone to the originating modem.
The originating modem enters its VF-side password after detecting a ring back signal followed by five seconds of
silence. For this to work correctly, the Auto Answer Ring # configuration option in the answering modem must be set
to 2 rings or greater. (Wait for Quiet Answer is represented by an @ in the dial command string.)
The factory default is 2nd_DialTone.
*#DTE_PW_Tries: 1
Nxt12345
Number of DTE Password Tries. Determines the number of attempts an originating user has to enter a valid
DTE-side password. If the password entered does not match a value in the answering modem’s Password Table,
then the modem will issue the password prompt again (provided that the number of tries is set to a value greater
than 1). This will continue until the correct password is entered by the originating user or the number of tries allowed
is met.
The factory default is 1.
*DTE_PW_TermChar: 013
Nxt 013
DTE Password Termination Character. Allows you to change the ASCII character used to indicate the end of a
password or User ID entered by an originating user. This character can be set to any ASCII value from 0 to 127.
The factory default is 13 (ASCII carriage return).
*This configuration option does not appear if the Answer Security Mode configuration option is configured for No
Answer Security.