Bay Technical Associates DS72 User Manual

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DS72 HOST MODULE OWNER’S MANUAL

DETAILED OPERATION AND CONFIGURATION

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Enter Gateway address in dotted decimal form:

The DS72 responds indefinitely with the same request until the Gateway
address is entered in the correct form.

Activity Timeout When this option is enabled, the DS72 will automatically disconnect, if there

is no activity, after the programmed amount of time. Default is 0
(disabled)
. The enabling input can be from 1 to 120 minutes.

From the configuration menu, select #4, “Activity Timeout,” followed by
<cr>. The DS72 responds:

Connection Inactivity Timeout is 0 minutes
Enter timeout, in minutes (<=120, 0 to disable) :

Enter 0 to disable or a number between 1 and 120 (inclusive) to set the
timeout.

Carriage Return Press “E” to enable the DS72 Telnet processor to strip line feeds or nulls
Translation

which follow carriage returns. Press “D” to allow the characters to pass
through and press <cr> to leave this option unchanged. Default is
“disabled”
.

From the configuration menu, select #5, “Carriage Return Translation,”
followed by <cr>. The DS72 responds:

Carriage Return Translation is....Disabled
Enable ? (Y/N), CR for no change) :

Programmable Break Users may configure the DS72 for a break length of 1 - 1000 milliseconds.

When a user, running a Telnet session with the DS72 and connected to a
serial port on a DS74, sends a Telnet break command (0xF3) to the DS72,
the serial port will send a break signal of the programmed duration. Default
is 350 milliseconds
.

From the configuration menu, select #6, “Break Length,” followed by
<cr>. The DS72 responds:

Break Length is (msec)............350
Enter break length, in milliseconds (<10000, 0 to disable) :

UNIT ID

The unit ID (64 chars. max.) appears in the DS72 configuration menu and

uniquely identifies the module. Default Unit ID is BAYTECH DS72.

Select 10, “Unit ID,” from the configuration menu, followed by <cr>. The
DS72 module displays the current Unit ID and asks for a new name:

Unit ID is ................................. BAYTECH DS72
Change It? (Y/N Change) :

Enter Unit ID (64 chars. max.) :

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