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If you changed the address information, it will not take effect until the ESP hub is rebooted (see
Rebooting the Hub on page 51). If the IP address had not been previously set or the hub has been
reinitialized, the hub reboots automatically.
Displaying or Changing Serial Port Attributes
You may display or change the attributes for one or all ESP hub serial ports. See Serial Port
Attributes on page 28 for more information.
To display or change serial port attributes for one or all ports:
1. From the Top Menu, enter 1 to select Serial port attributes. The Port Selection Menu will
be displayed.
2. Enter the number corresponding to a port or 0 to select all ports.
• If a single port was selected, the display contains the current values of the port’s attributes.
• If all ports was selected, the display contains the default values for the port attributes,
which may differ from the current values for any port.
3. You are prompted to modify each attribute. Enter
y
for yes or
n
for no.
If you choose to modify an attribute, a menu will be displayed (Table 3.10 on page 29 lists all
valid and default values). Each attribute menu will contain a numbered list of valid values.
Either enter the number corresponding to the desired value, or press
Enter
to leave the
value unchanged.
4. When the port attribute menus are completed, you are prompted to confirm the changes.
Confirm or cancel the changes.
Warnings and errors
A warning will be displayed (but the change will be allowed) if hardware flow control is specified
for a port that is not configured with the RS-232 interface. If the change was applied to all ports, the
warning will indicate the affected ports.
Displaying or Changing Connection Methods
You may display or change the connection methods for one or all ESP hub serial ports. See Serial
Port Connection Methods on page 15 for more information.
To display or change the connection methods for one or all ports:
1. From the Top Menu, enter
2
to select Serial port connection methods. The Port Selection Menu
will be displayed.
2. Enter the number corresponding to a port or 0 to select all ports.
• If a single port was selected, the display contains the current values of the port’s connec-
tion method parameters.
• If all ports was selected, the display contains the default values for the connection method
parameters, which may differ from the current values for any port.