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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 . Press ^X to cancel.

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 . (You cannot use an

N

to proceed to the next menu. If you

key in an

N

, it will be in the banner message.)