Chapter 5 – Configuration
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Password security
The administrator can enable password security and set the password from the
Password
Info
submenu located at Main menu > System Params menu > Password Info
4
System params
4.1 Password info
4.1.1
Password Check
Enable / Disable
4.1.2
Set Password
Password Info menu
4.1.1
Passwd check
Enable
or
Disable
the Password security feature. When enabled, users will be
asked to enter the password when first accessing the main menu (Default: Disable).
4.1.2 Set
Passwd
Enter a password of up to eight alphanumeric figures. The default password is
00000000
(eight zeros).
Configuration changes made in the Password Info menu must be saved to the
ACS-8960 non-volatile memory to take effect. This is done in the NVRAM
menu accessed from the Main menu.. See Saving Configurations later in this
chapter.
Entering and editing alert settings
The administrator can specify two fax numbers and two pager numbers to which alert
messages will be sent in the event of an error with ACS-8960. To configure alert settings,
follow the instructions in succeeding sections to:
1. Configure
pager
settings
2. Configure fax settings
3. Configure
modem
Update settings in the NVRAM submenu
A modem must be connected to ACS-8960 via the combo cable modem
connector for the alert feature to work.
