Retaining Device Settings From Unknown Domains; Using Older Versions Of Pathscape With New Devices - pathway VIA PWVIA RM P12 User Manual

RETAINING DEVICE SETTINGS FROM UNKNOWN DOMAINS

In the unlikely event that you don't know the password of a Security Domain, but you'd like to retain all its configuration, try
the following:
Without logging in to a Domain, all devices that appear with amber padlocks are read-only. Save a show file, and the
configuration of all devices is saved. You can then factory default the devices using the prescribed method.
See the Pathway website, under Support > Reference Articles > Factory Defaulting Ethernet Devices for detailed
instructions.
Once they reappear in Pathscape as
appear with a Green Padlock, open the show file and Send All Transactions to restore the network configuration and
patch.

USING OLDER VERSIONS OF PATHSCAPE WITH NEW DEVICES

If you use Pathscape 1 or Pathscape 2 with devices shipped after January 1, 2020 (Version 5 firmware or later), you will
not be able to configure them. You must use Pathscape 4 or later. As a reminder, the device label will appear in the earlier
versions of Pathscape as "Use latest Pathscape PC software to secure". Other properties will be shown and are correct,
but any attempts to change them will fail.
July 2021
Ready to Secure, add them to a Security Domain and log in. Once all devices
PWVIA RM P12 Ethernet Switches - Manual
23