Revision 7.10
2/28/2012
s, serial
Glider authentication over serial port connections IS required.
S, noserial
Glider authentication over serial port connections is NOT required.
r, rudics
Glider authentication over RUDICS connections IS required.
R, norudics
Glider authentication over RUDICS connections is NOT required.
port_identifier
Serial port identifier of port to
add
,
del
,
mod
, or
display
e.g., ttypa00. If not
specified for display command, all Dock Server managed ports are displayed. For
display command, specifying
net
displays the Iridium RUDICS configuration.
Device attached to Serial Port
on the Dock Server Machine
c, device parameter used
in portdockserver
command
Iridium modem – U.S. Robotics Courier 56K Business
Modem or U.S. Robotics MP/8 or MP/16 modem bank.
iridium
Freewave Wireless Data Transceiver.
freewave
Direct serial cable connection between the Dock
Server machine and a glider simulator.
direct
Table 21. Dock Server Serial Port Device Options.
To change the serial ports managed by a Dock Server, log on as user “localuser” and
open a shell window on the Dock Server machine by right clicking on the desktop's
background and selecting “Open Terminal” from the popup menu. Note that the port
dockserver command will stop the Dock Server application before modifying its serial
port configuration and start this application after the modification is complete. Examples
of portdockserver usage follows.
portdockserver add t c freewave n single ttyUSB1
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