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MultiMobile USB User Guide MT9234MU User Guide
Chapter 4 – Remotely Configuring Modems
Remote configuration is a network management tool that allows you to configure modems anywhere in
your network from one location. With password protected remote configuration, you can issue AT
commands to a remote MT9324MU modem for maintenance or troubleshooting as if you were on site.
The following steps are valid regardless of whether the connection is established by the local or the
remote MultiTech modem.
To configure modems:
1.
Establish a data connection with a remote MT9324MU modem.
2.
Send three remote configuration escape characters followed by AT and the setup password, and
press ENTER. Example: %%%ATMTSMODEM. You have four tries to enter the correct password
before being disconnected. If the password is correct, the remote modem responds with OK.
3.
You can now send AT commands to configure the remote modem.
4.
When you have finished configuring the remote modem, save the new configuration by typing
AT&W0, and pressing Enter.
5.
Type ATO and press Enter to exit remote configuration. You can then break the connection in
the normal way.
Caution:
If you hang up while you are in remote configuration mode, it may lock up the remote modem.
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Changing the Setup Password
MultiTech modems are shipped with a default setup password (MTSMODEM). Because anyone who has
an owner’s manual knows the default setup password, for security you should change the password and
possibly also the remote configuration escape character.
1.
Open a data communications program such as HyperTerminal. .
2.
To change the password, type AT#S=xxxxxxxx, where xxxxxxxx stands for the password, and
press ENTER. The password can include any keyboard character, and must be one to eight
characters long. The modem responds with OK.
3.
The new password is saved automatically. You can now either enter more AT commands or exit
the data communications program. The next time you remotely configure the modem you must
use the new setup password.
Note:
You can only change the setup password locally; you cannot do it remotely. Also, passwords are
case sensitive. The next time you enter the password, it must be in the same case as you set it up.
