C•CURE 800/8000 Monitoring Station Guide - Tyco Security Products

Checking the Status of a PortChecking the Status of a PortThe Comm Ports dialog box lets you check the communications status ofports.To Display the Comm Ports Dialog BoxChoose Comm Ports from the Hardware Status menu. A Comm Ports dialogbox similar to Figure 3-32 on page 3-87 appears.Figure 3-32: Example of Comm Ports Dialog BoxThe Comm Ports dialog box contains the following items.Table 3-31: Comm Ports Dialog Box FieldsFieldPort listDescriptionLists the ports that are currently configured as online. The list also shows the communication state forthe port, whether a modem is attached to the port and the modem’s state. Clicking on the title bar of anycolumn sorts the list by that column.To resize columns, drag the separator for the column’s list control to the width you want, or double-clickon the separator to automatically resize the column to fit the largest item in the column.C•CURE 800/8000 Monitoring Station User Guide 3–87