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CHAPTER 4: Configuration
4.2.7 D
ISCONNECT
/A
BORT
C
HARACTER
Strings of your disconnect/abort character (which you can choose to be “N,”
“O,” “P,” or “Q”) form your disconnect and abort commands, which are
necessary for exiting either Conversation mode or Broadcast Only Mode and
returning to the standard Concentrate mode. If you have only one Terminal
Eliminator Plus, this isn’t very important, but if you’re cascading TEPs to two,
three, or four total layers, the only way such an arrangement functions
properly when you use a Conversation mode is if you assign a different
character to each layer (see
Sections 5.2.1 and 5.2.2
). The factory default for
this global (same for all ports) option is “N.”
4.2.8 T
HE
“B
ACK TO
C
ONCENTRATE
M
ODE
” T
IMEOUT
If you allow this option to have a value other than zero (the range is 1 to
65535 times 50 ms, or 0 = disabled), the TEP will automatically exit either
Conversation mode and return to its standard Concentrate mode when this
amount of time elapses without receipt of data from the master device. Refer
to
Section 5.3.2
. The factory default for this selectable-by-port option is
“disabled.”
Here time is measured in increments of 50 milliseconds. The maximum
delay is 65535 times 50 ms, equivalent to 54 minutes and 36.75 seconds. To set
the delay for a certain number of seconds, enter that number multiplied by
20 (“100” for 5 seconds, “200” for 10 seconds, etc.). To set the delay for a
certain number of minutes, enter that number multiplied by 1200 (“6000”
for 5 minutes, “12000” for 10 minutes, etc.).
