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SERIAL CONSOLE PORT MANAGER
Hunt Group Example 2:
1. Ports 3, 4, and 5 are Any-to-Any Mode ports and servers are attached to each
port. All three ports are named “SERVER”.
2. Your resident port is Port 1, you are in Supervisor Mode, and you want to
connect Port 2 to the first available printer. Access the Command Mode and
type
/C 2 SERVER
and press
[Enter].
7.2 Passive Mode
Passive Mode Ports function the same as Any-to-Any Mode Ports, but do not allow
access to Command Mode. A Passive Mode Port can communicate with other
ports, but cannot enter Command Mode, and therefore cannot invoke commands
to redefine port parameters, display status, etc.
Passive Mode Ports can be connected by accessing the Command Mode from a free
Any-to-Any Mode or Modem Mode Port, and invoking the Third-Party Connect or
Resident Connect Command as described in
Section 7.1.1
. Passive Mode ports will
not buffer data unless it’s necessary for baud-rate conversion.
NOTE
In order to ensure supervisor access to important command functions,
the Passive Mode is not available to Ports 1 and 2 (the System-Setup
Ports).
7.3 Buffer Mode
Ports configured for the Buffer Mode will collect data from the connected device
and store it in the Serial Console Port Manager’s statically allocated memory. Each
Port Manager port has a fixed-length, fixed-position data buffer.
The Buffer Mode allows collection of data from various devices without the
requirement that all devices use the same communication parameters (baud rate,
parity, etc.).
NOTE
Buffer Mode Ports can’t access Command Mode.
In order to ensure supervisor access to important command functions,
the Buffer Mode is not available to Ports 1 and 2 (the System-Setup
Ports).
