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PROTECTION Category
✳ AUXILIARY
The PROTECTION category lets you control and modify the password functions.
NOTE: When the password function is enabled:
• Any user can display parameter values; the user must enter the password before
changing a value
PROTECTION
• When a user attempts to select or enter a new value, the 3512 displays:
PASSWORD?
The user must enter the password, then press
the parameter the user was about to change.
, to proceed. The 3512 displays
Password
Default:
Disable
Options:
Disable, Enable
Description:
This parameter lets you set a password on the 3512.
Disable: Lets a user change parameters without entering a password.
Enable: Prompts a user to enter a password before initiating tests or making
configuration changes. Enter the password using the alphanumeric entry
procedure described in Chapter 3.
NOTES:
1) The PSW Time option determines how often you use the password.
2) This parameter is not altered by the Factory parameter
(CONFIGURATIONS category).
PSW Time (Password Time-out)
Default:
10 min
Options:
10 min, Off
Description:
Password Timeout determines how long the front panel keys can be idle
before the password must entered again. When set to Off, the password must
be entered before each change is made. NOTE: This parameter is not altered
by the Factory parameter (CONFIGURATIONS category).
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