05-6193A01-A - GE Digital Energy

NOTE:If COM1 has been configured to boot into data mode, pressing ENTERwithin 10 seconds of boot-up switches it into console (management) mode.Console mode is required for the following steps.2. Launch a terminal communications program, such as HyperTerminal(included with many Windows ® -based PCs) with the followingcommunication parameters: 8 bits, no parity, one stop bit(8N1), flow control disabled, VT100 emulation. The radio’s COM1port automatically determines the connected baud rate (within therange of 1200–115200 bps). The preferred baud rate is 9600 bps.To use the autobaud feature, press the ENTER key several times athalf-second intervals to lock into the correct baud rate.Invisible place holderTransceiverPC Running Terminal SessionDB-9M to COM1 PortFigure 1. PC Connection to Transceiver3. Press the ESCAPE key followed by a series of ENTER key presses (athalf-second intervals) to receive the Login: prompt. This indicates thatthe radio is ready to receive commands. (If a “>” or “>>” symbol isseen, the radio is set to command line mode. Enter Menu to leavecommand line.)4. At the Login: prompt, enter admin (lower case) and press ENTER .NOTE:Passwords are case sensitive and may use up to 13 alpha-numeric characters.Do not use punctuation mark characters.5. If no password has been previously set, enter the default password(admin) and press ENTER ; Otherwise, enter the saved password atthe Password: prompt. (Before placing the unit in final service, it isrecommended that the default password be changed using the SecurityConfiguration Menu.)6. After successful login, the Starting Information Screen appears(Figure 2), showing summary information about the radio. Thisscreen is read-only, but some of the fields change based on user-supplieddata at other menu screens.2 SD Series Serial-Telnet Supplement MDS 05-6193A01, Rev. A