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3. Supervisor password: (Up to 16 characters; Default = undefined.) Type
2
and
press
Enter
. A prompt appears. Type in the desired password, then press
Enter
. The Serial Port Manager prompts you to re-key the password to
confirm spelling and capitalization. Type in the password a second time, and
then press
Enter
.
NOTES
The supervisor password is case sensitive. Note the exact password
entered, including the case of each letter.
Write down your supervisor password. If the password is lost or
forgotten, you won’t be able to access supervisor-level commands
unless you initialize the Serial Port Manager and clear all parameters as
described in Section 4.3.
5.5 Port Configuration
5.5.1 C
ONFIGURATION
C
ONVENTIONS
When responding to prompts, invoking commands, and selecting items from the
Port Configuration menus, note the following:
• To select an item from a Port Configuration menu, type in the number for the
item and press
Enter
.
• To clear an item in a Port Configuration menu, enter the number for the
desired item and press
Enter
. When the prompt appears, press
Space
and then
press
Enter
.
• When defining the port name, don’t use the forward slash character (/),
double quotes (“”), the asterisk character (*), or blank spaces.
• Port names can’t begin with a number.
• Refer to the instructions in each screen for additional functions available
under that screen.
• To exit a menu or prompt without changing its current value, press
Esc
.
• Passwords and port names are case sensitive. When defining passwords and
port names, note the exact text, including the case of each character.
• If you configure the Serial Port Manager via modem, communication
parameters do not change until after you exit from Command mode and
disconnect from the Serial Port Manager.
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