Visara LINCS Central Control User Manual
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LINCS Central Control
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Password Operation
Some of the Central Control utilities are password protected, requiring the entry of the
Supervisor Password that you enter during configuration.
If a utility is selected which requires the Supervisor Password, the password prompt ‘Enter
Password:’ will be displayed just above the Select Item: prompt. Upon entering the correct
password and pressing the
If an incorrect password is entered, ‘X-f’ is displayed in the input inhibit area of the status
row. The Reset key must be pressed and the password may then be reentered or the utility
selection changed at the Select input prompt.
If no Supervisor Password was established during configuration, the password prompt will
not be displayed and the selected utility will be executed.
Protected Updates
Some Central Control items allow an optional update, which is password protected. If the
update is not requested, the utility will function in display only mode. If the update is requested,
the Supervisor Password will be required. If the password is entered correctly, an update or
save function will be allowed while executing the utility.
To specify that an update is desired, a ‘u’ or ‘U’ should be entered as the first parameter for the
utility. For example, 4/2,U,MCC1.001 can be entered to update VPD for Port 1. Since the ‘,U’
is specified as a parameter, the Supervisor Password must be entered prior to executing the
utility. If the password is entered correctly, the update function will be allowed in the Port
VPD utility. If the utility input is specified as 4/2,MCC1.001 the password prompt will not be
displayed and updates will not be allowed while executing the utility.
Item selections supporting the password protected update have the characters ‘,u’ following
the utility select character on the menu. Also, the individual utility descriptions which follow
indicate whether or not the password protected update is supported.
Customization Data Menu
The Customization Data Menu allows you to display or modify LINCS customization data
i.e. configure LINCS. You will save the changes you make on disk, in files called Customization
Data Objects.
Entering the optional update parameter ‘,u’ and entering the correct Supervisor Password
when selecting a customization data item allows you to update and save modified data. If the
password is not entered, the panels may be displayed, but not updated and saved.
When saving Customization Data from utilities 1-4, the specified data object will be saved to
the disk specified on the “Complete” panel for that utility. The data object will become
operational after the next IML is done.