Adding A Connection That Uses A Port Switch - Tait TB8100 User Manual

TB8100 Service Kit User's Manual
8. Set polling intervals that are appropriate to the speed of your connection.
The Alarms and Monitoring boxes specify the interval from one Service
Kit poll of the base station to another.
9. Click OK. The new connection now appears in the Connections dialog
box.

Adding a Connection That Uses a Port Switch

For each base station that is connected to an asynchronous port switch, you
need to define a connection. This involves entering the commands that the
Service Kit sends to the APS to instruct it to connect to the base station and to
disconnect from it. You must also enter the responses to these commands that
the Service Kit expects from the APS.
1. Select Tools > Configure Connections. The Connections dialog box
appears.
2. Click New. The New Connection dialog box appears.
3. In the Name box, enter a suitable name. The name should specify the base
station and the connection type.
4. In the Connection type box, select Modem Dialup.
5. Set up the parameters in the Connection tab as for adding a Modem Dialup
connection (see "Adding a Modem Dialup Connection" on page
6. Click the Port Switch tab.
The dialog box now looks like this:
7. Select the Port switch check box. This enables the connection to use the
port switch.
8. In the Connect command box, enter a command in the format
^M/Cx^M, where:
x is the APS port that the base station is connected to.
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