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Chapter 3
Repeater (Hub) Management
User Interface
The AT-3600 management user interface enables you to control AT-3600
activities and the Statistics Database. You can access the management agent
either by direct connection, via the RS232 port, or remotely, via a network
virtual circuit connection.
Supported Terminals
If you are running Windows on your PC to access Omega, you can use the
Windows terminal icon and ignore the following discussion. Simply connect
your PC to the RS232 management port on the hub, select the Windows
terminal icon and press <
RETURN
>
twice to initiate a session.
In addition to DOS- or Windows-based terminal emulators, you may use
almost any asynchronous “dumb” terminal for hub management. The
terminal must adhere strictly to the American Standard Code for Information
Interchange (ASCII) character set and support the ASCII control codes
listed in Table 3.
Table 3:
Required Terminal Control Characters
Note
Carriage Return
hex 0D
Must move the cursor to column 1 of the current line.
Line Feed
hex 0A
Must move the cursor down one line; if at the bottom of the
screen, it must scroll the screen up one line.
Backspace
hex 08
Must move the cursor back one character space.
