IP Administration


Ports 5001, 5002, 5003, and 5004 are configured to act as though a serial-port communication terminal were connected to them. These ports communicate TL1 commands, responses, and autonomous messages.

Port 5551 communicates with Element Managers, which may have NMS, TimePictra, or similar software. An Element Manager establishes a connection with port 5551 for TL1 commands and responses.

Click Edit to change the configuration. The table below provides a description of each attribute.

Item

Description

Monitor

Controls the viewing of communication port messages
selections are INH to not view communication port messages and ALW to view communication port messages

Keep Alive

Controls the sending of the COMPLD message in minutes

Note: When the value is zero, no COMPLD message is sent. When the value is between 1 and 255, the COMPLD message is sent accordingly.

End Of Text

Numeric value of the ASCII character to be used as an additional terminating character
Zero indicates no additional terminating character

Note: The End of Text must be set to zero, `00', for the port currently used.

Echo

Controls the ability of the port to echo received characters
selections are INH to not echo received characters and ALW to echo received characters

Note: Echo should be turned off (set to INH) for the port currently used.

Report Alarm

Sets the communication port capabilities as follows:

  • ALW0 - normal communication, no autonomous messages

  • ALW1 - normal communication, autonomous messages

  • ALW2 - autonomous messages received, logged on or not

  • INH - closes the connection and keeps the port from use (command must go to another port) (if the port is in use, this logs off the user)

Note: Report Alarm should be turned on (set to ALWx) for the port currently used.

Auto-Log Off (mins)

Sets the number of minutes before the communication port disconnects through in-activity

Note: Zero indicates auto-log off is disabled. Setting the auto-log off, between 1 and 255 minutes enables the attribute.

Software Flow Control

Controls whether the port uses software flow control
selections are INH to not use software flow control and ALW to use software flow control