Troubleshooting
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Sometimes, depending on the speed of the management PC and/or
its video card, the bandwidth displays in the Port A and Port B win-
dows in
iView
may not update when switching between windows
quickly. To update the display, click the
Refresh
button found in
the upper-right corner of the window.
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The
iView
online help file requires Internet Explorer™ 4.0 service
pack 2 or higher.
Should you encounter further difficulties, please contact Black Box
technical support.
General Information
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P E C I F I C A T I O N S
Environmental
Operating Temperature: 32° - 104° F (0° - 40° C)
Storage Temperature: 0° - 160° F (-20° - 70° C)
Humidity: 5 - 95% (non-condensing)
Electrical
Module: 5V ±5%, 0.5 Amp. (typical)
Configured: 100-240VAC ±10%, 0.2/0.1A
BandwidthManager Configuration
To configure
BandwidthManager
, press
Space
at the
Main Configuration
Screen
, then type
bw
. This will enter the configuration program for
BandwidthManager
. To navigate in this program, press
Z
to move down,
W
to move up,
A
to move left, and
D
to move right. Pressing
Space
toggles
between the
Bandwidth Control
section and the
Duplex Mode
section.
Pressing
Q
exits the program.
To edit the data rate for each port, you can choose one of twelve prede-
fined rates by moving the cursor to the rate you desire and pressing the
S
or
Enter
key, or enter your own rate by choosing
Custom
.
To choose
Custom
, move the cursor to
Custom
, then press the
S
key. Enter a rate
(between 64 bits/sec to 10,000,000 bits/sec in 1 bit/sec increments) and
then press
Enter
. You can choose a rate for both
BandwidthManager
ports
(from Port A to Port B and from Port B to Port A). Exit the program by
pressing the
Q
key.
To change the Duplex setting,
Space
to toggle to the Duplex Setting sec-
tion when, then press
S
or
Enter
to switch between Half- and Full-Duplex.
The default setting for duplex on Ports A and B is Half-Duplex. Duplex can
also be adjusted through
iView
by clicking on either
Port
tab.
Assigning IP Information
To modify the Saved Parameter Values (i.e., assign IP address and subnet
mask), press
I
. You will be instructed to enter the IP address and subnet
mask for the connected device. Press
Enter
after each. You may also
assign a default gateway, if desired (press
Enter
to skip). When finished,
press
Enter
, then type “
Reboot
” for changes to take effect. The Saved
Values and Current Values should now both display the changes made
(e.g., new IP address and subnet mask).
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N O T E
Because the Delete key does not work on VT-100 terminal emulators,
use the
F2
key instead to perform Delete.
N O T E
You must reboot after making any modifications to the Saved Values
or your changes will not take effect. To reboot, type the word
“
Reboot
” (no quote marks) at the prompt on the main configuration
screen, or turn the device’s power OFF then ON again.