Edit Comm Administration


The Edit Comm Administration screen allows you to configure the one serial communication port. Use the following procedure to configure the port:

  1. In the Monitor drop-down box, select INH to not view communication port messages or ALW to view communication port messages.

  2. In the Keep Alive selection box, click the up or down arrow buttons to select the number of minutes (from 1 to 255) to control the delay in sending the COMPLD message. When the value is zero, no COMPLD message is sent.

  3.  In the End Of Text text box, enter any hex code from 1 to 9F or 0.
    Zero indicates no additional terminating character

  4. In the Echo drop-down box, select INH to not echo received characters or ALW to echo received characters. It is recommended that Echo be turned off (set to INH) for the port currently used.

  5. In the Report Alarm drop-down box, select INH to close the connection and keeps the port from use or ALW0, ALW1, or ALW2 to configure the port as follows:

  1. In the Auto Log Off (mins) selection box, click the up or down arrow buttons to enter the number of minutes (from 1 to 255) to control the time limit before the communication port disconnects through in-activity. When the value is zero, auto-log off is disabled.

  2. Click OK to accept changes and return to the Comm Administration screen, or click Cancel to not saving the changes and return to the Comm Administration screen.