Login Problems; Problems With Terminals - Perle IOLAN STS User Manual

Login Problems

Login Problems
You cannot obtain a login on any of the serial ports
Connect via the Admin port and check the settings of the front-mounted ports; they have
probably been set to a profile that does support serial connections, such as the Console
Management profile (in CLI or Menu, 'direct' or 'silent' telnet/rlogin). Try setting the serial
port(s) to the Terminal profile (DSlogin in CLI or Menu).
You have lost or don't know your password (as Admin user).
You must reset the IOLAN to its factory default settings using the
panel. There is no procedure to access the IOLAN without a password.

Problems with Terminals

The following section concerns problems with the appearance of data on your terminal screen.
The IOLAN logs me out after a few minutes:
Check the
0 seconds (does not timeout).
Corrupt data.
Check your line settings (baud rate, stop bits, etc.)
Missing data.
Verify that the same type of flow control is set in both your terminal and on the IOLAN's port.
Error message
screen.
Set your
you have downloaded one). The default line type in the IOLAN is
the graphics characters necessary to view the text-based menus.
Screen corruption when using the text-based menu system.
Verify that the terminal setup in the IOLAN matches your terminal.
Verify that entries in the term file match your terminal setup.
If using a PC/computer, verify that the type of terminal emulation selected in your application
matches those supported by the IOLAN.
When using the function keys on your keyboard, nothing happens or your sessions keep
swapping.
Change your
(like WYSE60) send character sequences which begin with
default
^b
character.
When using a downloaded terminal definition, you are having problems using arrow keys.
Use Ctrl-K, Ctrl-J, Ctrl-H and Ctrl-L for up, down, left and right respectively.
When switching from a session back to the text menus, both screen images are superimposed.
Press
INIT: Error in terminal file <filename>
This error indicates that you have exceeded the 80 character limit for one or more of the terminal
capabilities defined in the reported file.
INIT: Error on line n in terminal file <filename>
You have omitted the
396
value set for the user. The default setting for the
Idle Timer
not permitted on a dumb terminal
Line to VT100, ANSI or WYSE60 (or other form of terminal emulation, if
Termtype
Hotkey Prefix character. The function keys on the keyboards of some terminals
, which you use to switch between sessions. A valid alternative would be
Hotkey Prefix
(hex=02). If you are the system administrator, you can change any user's
to redraw the screen.
^r
sign from the reported line.
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Reset switch on the rear
Idle Timer
after typing the CLI command
Dumb , which does not support
^a ; unfortunately, ^a
Hotkey Prefix
for all users is
is also the