The Communications Module Configuration screen provides information on configuration settings for the module including:
Alarm Elevation Time
TCP/IP Configuration
Serial Configuration
Radius Details
Firewall Details
Partition Details
Note: Radius Details, Firewall Details and Partition Details are applicable for SSU 2000 Radius enabled devices
Each field is described in the table below.
Click the Edit button in each section to set the parameters.
Field / Section |
Description |
Alarm Elevation Time |
The Alarm Elevation Time setting allows the alarm severity to increase over a specified period of time. |
TCP / IP |
The TCP/IP section displays details associated with a TCP/IP connection. |
Host IP |
Provides current Internet Protocol (IP) address information |
Gateway |
Change gateway address |
Mask |
Change the subnet mask |
Mac |
Communication Mac Address |
Telnet Timeout |
Time before Telnet session terminates |
TL1 Timeout |
Time before TL1 session terminates |
Keep Alive |
User defined time in which an event is generated by the SSU-2000 to alert the upstream support system that the SSU-2000 and associated communication path is functional |
Serial Communication |
The Serial Communication section displays details associated with a serial connection. |
Baud Rate |
This field indicates the connection baud rate. From the drop-down menu, select from the following options: 1200 bps, 2400 bps, 4800 bps, 9600 bps, or 19,200 bps. The default is 9600 bps. |
Echo |
Sets echo to full or half duplex (On or Off) |
EOL |
Sets end of line characters sent by the Communication module. Options are CR, LF, or CRLF. |
Mode |
Sets mode of communication to either ASCII or TL1 |
Timeout |
This alarm indicates the status of the serial peripheral interface hardware (SPI watchdog timeout) for the communications module. Status messages OK or Timeout are returned. |
TCP/IP Ping |
TCP/IP Ping allows you to ping a remote host via TCP/IP to verify that the SSU-2000 is communicating over a network. |
TCP/IP Address |
Specifies the host address, given in the ###.###.###.### format, where ### is a number between 0 and 255. |
Result |
Displays the response, either OK or FAIL. |
Radius DetailsRadius Details |
The Radius Details section displays details associated with Radius Configuration (Applicable only for SSU 2000 Linux Communication Module Devices). |
IP |
IP Address of the Radius Server |
Status |
Sate of the Radius Server |
Firewall Details |
The Firewall Details section displays details associated with Firewall Settings (Applicable only for SSU 2000 Linux Communication Module Devices). |
FTP |
FTP state of the Linux IMC Card |
ICMP |
ICMP state of the Linux IMC Card |
Telnet |
Telnet state of the Linux IMC Card |
SFTP |
SFTP state of the Linux IMC Card |
RADIUS |
RADIUS state of the Linux IMC Card |
SSH |
SSH state of the Linux IMC Card |
TFTP |
TFTP state of the Linux IMC Card |
SNMP |
SNMP state of the Linux IMC Card |
Partition Details |
The Partition Details section displays details associated with Partition details (Applicable only for SSU 2000 Linux Communication Module devices). |
Current Partition |
The Partition where the software is currently running |
Next Reboot Partition |
The Partition where the module boots up |
Partition-0 Rev |
Firmware revision of the image on Partition-0 |
Partition-1 Rev |
Firmware revision of the image on Partition-1 |
Partition-0 Date |
Date on which image in loaded on Partition-0 |
Partition-1 Date |
Date on which image in loaded on Partition-1 |