Ports Menu & Forms > Physical Ports > Multi User

Multi User
Under Ports > Physical Ports in Expert Mode, after you select one or more serial ports, and click the Modify Port(s), you can select the Multi User form from the tabbed menu. The following form appears.
Expert > Port > Physical Ports >Multi User
The Multi User form enables you to open more than one session from the same serial port. Multiple users can connect simultaneously to a serial port. To connect to a port or start a shared session, the user must have permission to access the port. If you allow multiple sessions through “Allow Multiple Sessions” drop-down menu, the “Privilege Users” field should be populated with the user names who have access rights.
The following table describes the available fields on the Multi User Form.
Expert > Multi User Form Fields
Options are No, Yes (show menu), Read/Write (do not show menu), and ReadOnly (do not show menu). See Table 10-9 for more detail.
The following table describes the options from the “Allow Multiple Sessions” pull-down menu.
Do not allow multiple sessions. Only two users can connect to the same port simultaneously. One shared session and one normal session are allowed.
To Configure Multiple Sessions and Port Sniffing for One or More Serial Ports
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The options are: “No,” “Yes (show menu),” “Read/Write (do not show menu),” “ReadOnly.”
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To configure the type of data that displays on the monitor in a port-sharing session, select an option from the “Sniff Mode” pull-down menu.
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Enter a hot key in the “Menu Hotkey” field to display the sniffer menu on the monitor. The default shown is [^z]. The caret stands for the Ctrl key.
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