Entering Serial Configuration Mode; Entering Network Configuration Mode; Vmse's Ip Address; Default Ip Address - GE VersaMax IC200SET001 User Manual

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Entering Serial Configuration Mode

An ASCII terminal or a PC with a terminal emulation program can be
connected to the serial port on the VMSE. The terminal (or PC) should be
configured for 9600 baud, no parity, 8 data bits, and 1 stop bit.
To enter configuration mode, input power to the VMSE must be cycled
(powered off and back on). After power-up, the self-test begins. About a
second later, three lowercase 'x' characters must be sent to the VMSE.
These characters must all be sent within approximately one second to start
the configuration mode.
NOTE: The easiest way to enter the configuration mode is to hold down
the 'x' key at the terminal (emulation) and then power up the VMSE. This
will ensure that the x characters will arrive in time.
See Chapter 5 for more detail on using Serial communications to configure
the VMSE.

Entering Network Configuration Mode

To configure over the network, a Telnet connection to port 9999 must be
established.
If you know the assigned IP address, you can establish a Telnet connection to
port 9999. Under Windows 95/98/NT, open an MS-DOS command window and
type the command "telnet x.x.x.x 9999", where x.x.x.x is an IP address already
configured in the VMSE and 9999 is the desired TCP/IP port. Make sure you put
a space between the x.x.x.x and 9999.

VMSE's IP Address

Default IP Address

The VMSE is shipped with a default IP address of 0.0.0.0, which automatically
enables the DHCP within the VMSE.
If DHCP is enabled on the VMSE, and if there is a DHCP server to respond to
VMSE's request when it's booting up, the VMSE will then get an IP address, a
gateway address, and a subnet mask from the DHCP server. These addresses will
not be shown in the VMSE's configuration screens (you will still see 0.0.0.0),
however if you enter the "monitor mode" (see Chapter 5) and from the 0>
prompt type NC (upper case), you will be able to see the IP configuration of the
VMSE.
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