This module describes the “Ports” menu and the related forms. The following table provides a description of the left menu panel in the Web Manager and links to the detailed information and procedures.
Activate or deactivate the serial ports. Set the parameters for each or all ports. Configure specific parameters for the serial ports where IPDU devices are connected. Perform Clustering. This section shows how to define and configure slaves. One ACS can be used as a Master to control other ACS (slaves) units. All ports of the slave unit appear as if they are part of the master unit. View the current status of each port. The information provided here are RS232 Signal Status and user connected to each port. View information on the data reception (Rx bytes) and transmission (Tx bytes) on each physical port. View current CAS user(s), Baud rate, frame, parity, break, and overruns. The Ports section of ACS configuration in Expert Mode provides the following menu choices:
• Physical Ports – Allows you to view and modify the physical port settings.
• Virtual Ports – Allows you to view and modify the slave port settings.
• Ports Status – Allows you to view ports connection status.
• Ports Statistics – Allows you to view serial ports connection statistics.Using the forms described in the following sections, you can perform custom configuration of serial ports.