Perle Systems SCS8C DC User Manual

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Adding/Editing Users
Serial Port Access Tab
Overview
The 
Serial Port Access
 tab controls the user’s read/write access on any given IOLAN serial port. 
This pertains to users that are connecting from the network to a serial over a Console Management 
type session.
This can be useful when you have multiple users connecting to the same serial device and you wish 
to control the viewing and/or the write to and from the device. See the 
Multisessions
 and 
User 
Authentication
 parameters in the 
 for the serial port settings. 
Field Descriptions
Configure the following parameters:
Serial Port Access Specifies the user access rights to each IOLAN serial port device. There can be 
multiple users connected to a particular serial device and these settings 
determine the rights of this user for any of the listed serial ports.
Data Options:
z
Read/Write—The user has read and write access to the serial port. 
z
Read In—The User will see data going to the serial port, from all 
network-connected users that have write privileges to this serial port.
z
Read Out—The user will have access to all data originating from the 
serial device.
Users can read data going in both directions by selecting both the 
Read In
 and 
Read Out
 options.
Default: Read/Write
Allow Access to 
Clustered Ports
When enabled, allows the user access to IOLANs that have been configured in 
the clustering group. 
Default: Enabled