Primary Responder Mode; Differences Between Standard Firmware Operation And Primary Responder Mode - Digi IX20W-PR User Manual

Firmware configuration
Feature
Monitoring
Serial port

Primary Responder mode

You can use the Primary Responder mode configuration setting to manually enable the IX20 device to
be in an AT&T FirstNet-compliant mode (Primary Responder mode). When a device is in Primary
Responder mode, certain firmware features are disabled. See
operation and Primary Responder
The Primary Responder mode configuration setting is available in the 23.9.x and newer firmware. This
replaces the Primary Responder firmware that was available prior to the 23.9.x firmware release.
Primary Responder firmware prior to 23.9.x firmware release
You may have a device that has Primary Responder firmware prior to 23.9.x installed on it. When you
update to 23.9, the device will change its device type to be a non-PRproduct. If you have a
configuration template setup for your PRdevice running firmware older than 23.9.x, you will need to
create a new configuration template after updating firmware on your device.
Disable Primary Responder Mode
If you enable Primary Responder mode and then disable it, the device's configuration is erased and
the device will reboot. You will then need to reconfigure the device to the desired configuration.
Differences between standard firmware operation and Primary
Responder mode
The device firmware version 23.9 and later has a Primary Responder mode that can be enabled on any
device. When enabled, the device acts as a Primary Responder (PR) device with a security hardened,
feature-restricted firmware targeted to comply with AT&T FirstNet and Verizon ResponseVerify
security requirements.
When Primary Responder mode is enabled, the following features are not available:
n Telnet access has been removed.
n Raw TCP listeners for serial ports have been removed.
n Wi-Fi:
WPA1 encryption has been removed.
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Preconfigured access point is disabled by default.
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IX20 User Guide
Configuration
Enabled for local administration
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Firewall zone: Internal
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Device heath metrics uploaded to Digi Remote Manager at 60 minute
n
interval.
SNMP: Disabled
n
n Enabled
n Serial mode: Remote
Label: None
n
Baud rate: 9600
n
n Data bits: 8
n Parity: None
n Stop bits: 1
Flow control: None
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mode.
Primary Responder mode
Differences between standard firmware
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