TB8100 Service Kit User’s Manual Setting Up and Configuring Connections 398. Set polling intervals that are appropriate to the speed of your connection.The Alarms and Monitoring boxes specify the interval from one ServiceKit poll of the base station to another.9. Click OK. The new connection now appears in the Connections dialogbox.Adding a Connection That Uses a Port SwitchFor each base station that is connected to an asynchronous port switch, youneed to define a connection. This involves entering the commands that theService Kit sends to the APS to instruct it to connect to the base station and todisconnect from it. You must also enter the responses to these commands thatthe Service Kit expects from the APS.1. Select Tools > Configure Connections. The Connections dialog boxappears.2. Click New. The New Connection dialog box appears.3. In the Name box, enter a suitable name. The name should specify the basestation and the connection type.4. In the Connection type box, select Modem Dialup.5. Set up the parameters in the Connection tab as for adding a Modem Dialupconnection (see “Adding a Modem Dialup Connection” on page 38).6. Click the Port Switch tab.The dialog box now looks like this:7. Select the Port switch check box. This enables the connection to use theport switch.8. In the Connect command box, enter a command in the format^M/Cx^M, where:x is the APS port that the base station is connected to.
