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C
HAPTER
6: C
ONFIGURING
THE
AP U
SING
THE
ASCII I
NTERFACE
3
Press ESC. The AP displays the Main Menu. If the session is idle (due to no input,
for example) for the configured time, the session terminates. To manually
terminate the session, press
CTRL+D
.
4
Select the Set System Configuration option to set the System Password.
Using a Direct Serial
Connection
To use the ASCII interface with a direct serial connection, follow the instructions in
the AP Quick Start Guide, included in your package.
Using a Dial-up
Connection
The AP supports a dial-up connection to the UI. This requires accessing the UI from
Telnet or a direct serial connection and changing the serial port configuration.
Configure the AP for the following:
■
Enable
serial port
.
■
Set serial port for
UI
.
■
Disable any modem connection.
■
Set AP to answer mode.
Select the Set Serial Port Configuration option to configure these settings. For
details on configuring these settings, see “Configuring for Dial-Up to the UI”.
N
avigating the UI
Use the following keystrokes to navigate through the UI menus and windows
depending on the terminal emulation. For terminal emulation programs that do
not support arrow or function keys, use the control-character equivalents.
The following conventions also apply to navigating windows and menus:
■
To select menu items, press the key corresponding to the bold letter for the
item (case-sensitive hot key). Press
Enter
to select the item.
■
Press
Tab
to scroll through menu items.
■
To change menu items, select items from the bottom line of the Main Menu for
configuration options. For multiple choice options, press the bold letter to
select. To change values, type in the new value and press
Enter
. If the value is
invalid, the AP beeps and restores the original value. Press
Tab
to scroll to the
next menu item.
■
Select an option from the bottom line on the menu to enable changes to take
effect. Press
Tab
to scroll to the item and press
Enter
to select it.
■
When you change values, such as System Name or System Password, accept
values by scrolling to the next field or pressing Enter.
Arrow/Function Key
Control Character
Up Arrow
CTRL + O
Down Arrow
CTRL + I
Left Arrow
CTRL + U
Right Arrow
CTRL + P
F1
CTRL + Q
F2
CTRL + W
F3
CTRL + E
F4
CTRL + R
