Verilink 2048 (34-00179) Product Manual User Manual

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Terminal Operation

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2048 PMU/NTU

4.7.1

General Functions

Set Time: The current time may be entered in this field
using the 24 -hour HH:MM: SS format. For example, 3:45
AM is entered as ‘

0345

’ and 3:45 PM is entered as ‘

1545

’.

Set Date: The current date may be entered in this field
using the MM:DD:YY format. For example, July 4, 1994 is
entered as ‘

070494

’.

NOTE: The time and date can be set at the far end, but
not displayed.

New Password: This field allows entry of a password of up
to 10 characters. An empty string (carriage return only) may
be entered to disable the password feature. After is
pressed, the new password is activated and is no longer visi-
ble. Therefore, type carefully when entering a new password
and verify before pressing . When the Terminal
Interface is exited and later reactivated, this password must
be entered exactly to gain access. If the wrong password is
entered, the following message appears:

Incorrect Password; Please Enter Again

NOTE: Do not exit the Terminal Interface program
until the password procedure is fully understood. If a
password has been specified, it must be typed exactly to
reenter the program.

Maintenance Reset: This field will clear all user selectable
parameters, performance registers, passwords, and alarms.
All alarm threshold parameters will be reset to default val-
ues. The unit reloads start-up configuration settings from
the source specified by configuration switch S4 (refer to the

‘Installation’ chapter). Pressing on this field brings
up the following warning:

DELETE ALL DATA AND RESTART UNIT?

(NO!)

(YES)

To exit this screen without performing the reset function,
press on

(NO)

. To proceed with the reset function,

move the cursor to

(YES)

and press . A mainte-

nance reset may also be performed using Switch S6-2 (refer
to Section 2.5.7 on page 2-4).

4.7.2

COA Parameters

The following fields pertain to the call on alarm (COA)
parameters.

Alarm Notification: This field controls remote alarm
reporting. The choices are:

[

OFF

] - Disables alarm reporting.

[

DIRECT

] - Sends reports to a printer or terminal con-

nected directly to the supervisory port.

[

DIAL

] - Sends reports through an attached ‘AT’ com-

mand set compatible modem connected to the ‘SUPV’
serial port, which must dial out to a remote modem. The
message format is described in the ‘Element ID’ field.

[

DIAL

NMS

] - Sends reports through a modem to an

EM8000 network manager workstation.

Primary Phone#, Secondary Phone#: These fields are
ASCII strings for the primary and secondary call on alarm
(COA) phone numbers used in the [

DIAL

] and [

DIAL

NMS

]

modes. The strings must be compatible with the standard

2048 PMU x.xx/x.xx

2048 PMU Date

MM/DD/YY

2048 PMU x.xx/x.xx

(Unit Address: xxx)

Time HH:MM:SS

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Element: [NEAR]

Set Time:

(14:10:13)

Set Date:

(05/12/93)

Alarm Notification:

[DIAL ]

Primary Phone#:

(1 (205) 555-1212 )

Secondary Phone#:

(9,,532-8853,,253 )

Element ID:

(Example PMU 2048 )

New Password:

( )

(MAINTENANCE RESET)

Screen 4-8

Utilities