Precidia Ether232Plus - Console Password; Setting the Console Password; Viewing the Console Password; Clearing the Console Password

5 Configuring the Security Settings Ether232Plus User Guide
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5.1 Console Password
The Console Password allows you to restrict local access to configuration mode. After
creating a Console Password, anyone accessing the Ether232Plus locally through the
COM port must enter the password before the Configuration screen appears.
Setting the Console Password
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: Passwords are case sensitive and can consist of uppercase letters, lowercase
letters, numbers, and symbols.
1 Choose
Security Settings
from the Device Settings menu.
2 Choose
Console Password
from the Security Settings sub-menu.
You are prompted to enter a console access password with a maximum of 8 charac-
ters.
3 Type your password (appears as a series of *** asterisks) and press
Enter
.
Viewing the Console Password
1 Choose
Security Settings
from the Device Settings menu.
2 Choose
Console Password
from the Security Settings sub-menu.
The current password is displayed in brackets: [was: password].
3 Do not type any characters. Press
ESC
to keep the same password and return to the
menu.
Clearing the Console Password
1 Choose
Security Settings
from the Device Settings menu.
2 Choose
Console Password
from the Security Settings sub-menu.
3 Do not type any characters. Press
Enter
to clear the password.
The password is displayed as (not set) in the Security Settings sub-menu.