Security
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Procedure
To limit COM port async terminal access:
1. Follow this menu selection sequence:
Main Menu
Configuration
2. Select the desired configuration area and press Enter.
Load Configuration From
Customer Configuration 1/Customer Configuration 2]
3. Follow this menu selection sequence, pressing Enter after each selection:
Configuration Edit/Display
The Communication Port Options screen appears.
4. Select and set the following configuration options, as appropriate.
To . . .
Disable an async terminal interface
direct connection
Require a user's login ID and
password to access the COM port
Limit the effective access level to
1
Level 2
or lower
Limit the effective access level to
1
Level 3
1
Make sure you have at least one login with Level 1 security set. The effective
access level of the session is the lower of either the level set to access the port
(COM port or Telnet), or the login access level.
NOTE:
Restoring Access to the User Interface
See
Maintenance , should you inadvertently be locked out.
5. Press Ctrl-a to switch to the screen function key area.
6. To save changes, select Save and press Enter.
7. Select the configuration area where you want to save the changes to and
press Enter.
Save Configuration To
Customer Configuration 1/Customer Configuration 2]
When Save is complete, Command Complete appears at the bottom of the
screen.
Refer to Chapter 5,
Setting Up
configuration options.
[Current Configuration/
User Interface
Set the configuration option . . .
Port Use to Alarms.
Login Required to Enable.
NOTE:
Port Access Level to Level-2.
Port Access Level to Level-3.
[Current Configuration/
, for more information about Communication Port
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Communication Port
User login ID and password
combinations must be defined.
Refer to
Creating a Login
on
page 6-8.
in Chapter 8, Operation and
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