5.5. Port Configuration
5.5.1. Configuration Conventions
When responding to prompts, invoking commands, and selecting items from the port
configuration menus, note the following:
·To select an item from a Port Configuration menu, key in the number and press [Enter].
·To clear an item in a Port Configuration menu, enter the number for the desired item and
press [Enter]. When the prompt appears, press [Space] and then press [Enter].
·When defining the Port Name, do not use the forward slash character (/), double quotes
("), the asterisk character (*), or blank spaces.
·Port Names cannot begin with a number.
·A Port cannot be named “N”, this name is reserved for the Network Port.
·Refer to the instructions in each screen for additional functions available under that screen.
·To exit a menu or prompt without changing its current value, press [Esc].
·Passwords and port names are case sensitive. When defining passwords and port names,
note the exact text, including the case of each character.
·The “Who” command (/W) can be used to display currently selected parameters for your
resident port. Note that when the Network port has been accessed using a Port Password
(User Mode), the /W command will only display the settings for the Sequence Disconnect,
the selected Logoff Character and the current status of the Accept Break feature.
·If you are configuring the CMS unit via modem, communication parameters will not be
changed until after you exit from command mode and disconnect from the CMS unit.
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