7. Operation ..............................................7-1
7.1. Any-to-Any Mode ......................................7-1
7.1.1. Port Connection and Disconnection .......................7-1
7.1.1.1. Connecting Ports.............................7-1
7.1.1.2. Disconnecting Ports ...........................7-3
7.1.2. Defining Hunt Groups ...............................7-4
7.2. Passive Mode .........................................7-5
7.3. Buffer Mode..........................................7-5
7.3.1. Reading Data from Buffer Mode Ports......................7-6
7.3.2. Port Buffers .....................................7-6
7.4. Modem Mode .........................................7-7
8. Saving and Restoring Configuration Parameters ......................8-1
8.1. Sending Parameters to a File ................................8-1
8.2. Restoring Saved Parameters.................................8-2
9. Upgrading CMS Firmware ....................................9-1
10. Command Reference Guide ...................................10-1
10.1. Command Conventions...................................10-1
10.2. Command Response ....................................10-2
10.3. Command Summary ....................................10-3
10.4. Command Set ........................................10-4
Appendices
A. RS232 Port Interface......................................Apx-1
B. Specifications ..........................................Apx-2
C. Customer Service ........................................Apx-3
List of Figures
2.1. Instrument Front Panel ......................................2-1
2.2. Instrument Back Panel ......................................2-2
3.1. The Supervisor Level Help Screen ...............................3-3
3.2. The Port Status Screen (Defaults Shown) ...........................3-4
4.1. Terminal Block Assembly (DC Units Only) ..........................4-1
4.2. CMS Application Example (Not to Scale) ...........................4-5
5.1. Port Configuration Menu (Port 2 Shown) ...........................5-7
5.2. Port Parameters Menu (Modem Mode) .............................5-8
5.3. Network Parameters Menu (Supervisor Mode Only) ....................5-11
5.4. IP Security Menu ........................................5-14
5.5. The Copy Port Parameters Menu ...............................5-16
6.1. The Port Status Screen (Supervisor Mode, Defaults Shown) ................6-2
6.2. The Port Diagnostics Screen (Sample Values Shown) ....................6-3
6.3. The Network Status Screen ...................................6-4
6.4. The Port Parameters Screen (RS232 Port Shown) ......................6-5
6.5. The Port Parameters Screen (Network Port Shown) .....................6-6
A.1. RS232 Port Interface .....................................Apx-1
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