To create a socket profile

Purpose

You can use the Tools→Socket Profile menu on the NFM-P GUI to create a reusable template to configure serial port parameters for raw sockets such as parity, character size, start-stop bits, squelch delay, and EOP (end-of-packet) length, timeout, and special characters.

Steps
 
1 

Choose Tools→Socket Profile from the NFM-P main menu. The Socket Profile form opens.

2 

Click Create, or select an existing socket profile and click Properties. The Socket Profile (Create | Edit) form opens.

3 

Configure the parameters on the General tab as required.

4 

Click on the Socket Specifics tab and configure the parameters as required.

5 

Save your changes and close the form.

6 

Optionally, associate the socket profile to a physical port on a 7705 SAR-Hm node:

  1. In the navigation tree equipment view, navigate to a port on a 7705 SAR-Hm node (Shelf→Card Slot→Daughter Card→[Supported] Port) and choose Properties. The Physical Port (Edit) form opens.

  2. On the RS-232 Socket tab, select a socket profile to associate with the 7705 SAR-Hm port and click OK. The parameters in the Serial RS-232 and Serial Socket panels automatically update with the parameter settings defined in the socket profile.

    Note: If the socket profile properties are changed after you associate the socket profile to the port, the Socket Profile Mismatch parameter located on the RS-232 Socket tab, Socket Profile panel, is enabled to indicate the socket profile parameters have been modified without the changes being applied to the port. Also, if the serial port/raw socket parameters are changed without changing the socket profile properties, a mismatch will occur between the socket profile and the actual configuration. Clicking on the ReApply button updates the parameter settings for the port to match the socket profile.

  3. Save your changes and close the form.

End of steps