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Using the ASCII Terminal
Interface
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Accessing the ATI
You can communicate with the ASCII Terminal Interface (ATI) using one of the
following methods:
Direct connection through the Terminal port.
Dialing in through an external modem to the Terminal port.
Telnet session through the 10BaseT port.
Telnet session through the In-band Management Channel (IMC).
NOTE:
Only one ATI session can be active at a time, and another user’s session
cannot be forced to end. To automatically log out a user due to inactivity,
enable the Inactivity Timeout option (see
Terminal Port Options
, Table A-5,
and
Telnet Session Options
, Table A-6.
The user interface is idle until activated. Press Return to activate the user
interface. Security can limit ATI access several ways. To setup security or a login
ID, refer to
Security
,
Chapter 4.
Connecting to the Terminal Port
Verify that the settings of the device that you connect to the Terminal port match
these factory-loaded option default settings:
Data rate set to 9.6 kbps.
Character length set to 8.
Parity set to None.
Stop Bits set to 1.
To change the Terminal Port settings, refer to
Terminal Port Options
, Table A-5.