Chapter 11: administration – Black Box 5000 User Manual
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CHAPTER 11: Administration
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Table 11-3. Command Facility Configuration (continued)
Option
Default
Description
11. External Modem
None
Enter the characters in the order you would have them executed. Up to
Phone #
32 of the following characters may be stored for this entry:
(continued)
P
Pulse dialing (default)
T
Touchtone dialing
W
Wait for dial tone before dialing
0 to 9
Phone number
#
DTMF keypad character
*
DTMF keypad character
,
(comma) Delay dialing modifier (waits before processing
the next symbol in the dialing string)
( )
Phone number separator to improve readability
Space Phone number separator to improve readability
-
Phone number separator to improve readability
Example: TW 9 (412) 555-1212
12. External Alarm
Disable
Enables/disables the external alarm relay on the NMS module. If
Relay
enabled, the external alarm relay is activated for each of the following
alarms: buffer overflow, high buffer utilization, link sync loss, CMOS error,
and line alarms.
Note:
The external alarm will not be activated if option 4,
Alarm Reporting, is toggled off.
13. No Activity Timeout
15
Monitors the Command Facility port. After a specified period of time, if no
activity is detected on the channel, it will be disconnected. The time out is
programmable from 1 to 60 minutes. Entering a zero disables the timeout
function.
After you select this option, the following prompt is displayed:
ENTER NO ACTIVITY TIMEOUT [15]:
Type in the desired timeout period. Press
14. LCD Banner
Name
The LCD Banner message is displayed on the top line of the LCD panel.
Message
Your Node
When this option is selected, the following prompt is displayed:
ENTER LCD BANNER MESSAGE (^X TO ABORT):
Enter the desired message. The message may be a maximum of 20
characters and can contain any displayable characters including spaces.
Press
N
to proceed to the next menu. If you
key in an
N
, it will be in the banner message.)