Western Telematic IPS-800CE-D16, IPS-1600CE-D16 manual Plug Passwords and Co-Location Features

IPS-800CE-D16 & IPS-1600CE-D16 - User’s Guide

The Plug Parameters Menu allows you to define the following parameters:

•Plug Name: (Up to 16 Characters, Default = undefined.)

Note: Plug Names cannot begin with a number, dash (-), underscore character (_), forward slash character (/) or backslash (\) character, and cannot include non printable characters, spaces, asterisks (*), colons (:), the plus symbol (+) or quotation marks.

•Plug Password: When this password is entered at login, the user will be able to issue commands to this plug, and any other plug that shares the same password as this plug as described in Section 5.3.3.1. (Four to 16 Characters, Default = undefined.)

Note: Passwords cannot begin with the forward slash character (/) or backslash (\) character, and cannot include non printable characters, spaces, asterisks (*) or quotation marks.

•Boot/Seq. Delay: When more than one plug is switched On/Off or a reboot cycle is initiated, the Boot/Sequence delay determines how much time will elapse between switching operations, as described in Section 5.3.3.2. (Default = 0.5 Second.)

•Power Up Default: Determines how this plug will react when the Default command (/D) is invoked, or after power to the unit has been interrupted and then restored. After the default command is invoked, or power is restored, the IPS will automatically switch each plug On or Off as specified by the Power-Up Default. (Default = On).

Note: If you have accessed command mode using the System password, the Default command will apply to all switched plugs. If you have accessed command mode using a plug password, then the command will only be applied to plugs that share the same password entered at login.

5.3.3.1. Plug Passwords and Co-Location Features

The Plug Passwords allow you to determine which plugs an individual user will be permitted to control. When a plug password is entered at the login prompt, the user will be able to issue switching and reboot commands for the corresponding plug, and every other plug that shares this same password.

For example, if the password "switch" is defined for plugs 1, 2, and 3, then a user who logs into command mode using the password "switch" will only be allowed to issue commands to plugs 1, 2, and 3, but will not be allowed to issue commands to the remaining plugs. Note that Plug Passwords do not allow access to configuration menus, and users are only allowed to view the status of plugs permitted by their password.

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