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TB8100 Service Kit User’s Manual
Setting Up and Configuring Connections 41
6. Leave the Port box displaying 10001, except when NAT requires the use
of a different TCP port.
7. Set polling intervals that are appropriate to the speed of your connection.
The Alarms and Monitoring boxes specify the interval from one Service
Kit poll of the base station to another.
8. Click OK . The new connection now appears in the Connections dialog box.
Copying a connection
Once you have a connection of a particular type, you can use the Copy button
as a quicker way of adding a new connection. This is particularly useful for
connections that use an asynchronous port switch.
To copy a connection
1. Select Tools > Configure Connections. The Connections dialog box
appears.
2. Click a connection to select it.
3. Click Copy . The Copy connection dialog box appears, containing settings
copied from the selected connection.
4. Edit the connection as needed. For details, see “Editing a Connection” on
page 41 .
Editing a Connection
You may need to modify the settings of an existing connection, for example, if
a telephone number changes or if the link is too slow for the polling intervals
you selected.
To edit a connection
1. Select Tools > Configure Connections. The Connections dialog box
appears.
2. Click a connection to select it.
3. Click Edit . The Edit Connection dialog box appears.
4. Modify the settings as desired. For information about individual settings, see
“Adding a Connection” on page 37 .
5. Click OK .
Working with the Connections Tree
The Connections dialog box displays the available connections in a tree
structure.