Basic Procedure; Setup - Multitech MultiModem
MT5634ZBA-V-V92 User Manual

MultiModemZBA-V-V92 User Guide
Chapter 5 - Remote Configuration
Remote configuration is a network management tool that allows you to configure MT5634ZBA
modems anywhere in your network from one location. With password-protected remote configuration,
you can issue AT commands to a remote modem for maintenance or troubleshooting as if you were
on site.

Basic Procedure

The following steps are valid regardless of whether the connection is established by the local or the
remote Multi-Tech modem.
Note: For this procedure, the remote computer must be running, and a communication program must
be ready for a data connection, which will be indicated by a lighted TR indicator on the front of the
modem.
1. Establish a data connection with a remote MT5634ZBA modem.
2. Send three remote configuration escape characters followed by AT and the setup password, and
press E . Example: %%%ATMTSMODEM. You have four tries to enter the correct password
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before being disconnected. If the password is correct, the remote modem responds with OK.
3. Type AT commands to configure the remote modem.
4. When you have finished configuring the remote modem, save the new configuration by typing
AT&W0 and pressing E
5. Type ATO and press E
normal way.
CAUTION: If you hang up while you are in remote configuration mode, the modem may lock up.

Setup

Multi-Tech modems are shipped with a default setup password (MTSMODEM). Because anyone who
has the User Guide knows the default setup password, you should change the password and possi-
bly also the remote configuration escape character.
To Change the Setup Password
1. Open a data communications program such as HyperTerminal or PhoneTools.
2. In the terminal window, type AT#SMTSMODEM (or AT#S xxxxxxxx if you have replaced the
MTSMODEM password with xxxxxxxx ) and press E
setup password is correct, and ERROR if it is wrong.
3. To change the password, type AT#S= xxxxxxxx , where xxxxxxxx stands for the password, and
then press E
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characters long. The modem responds with OK .
CAUTION: Passwords are case-sensitive. The next time you enter the password, it must be in
the same case as you set it up.
4. The new password is saved automatically. You can now either enter more AT commands or exit
the data communications program. The next time you wish to set up the modem, you must use
the new password.
.
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to exit remote configuration. You can now break the connection in the
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. The password can include any keyboard character, and can be up to eight
5 Remote Configuration
. The modem responds with OK if the
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