Losing a Password. Adcon Telemetry MQXA840

20 CHAPTER 3

Advanced Functions hardware and softwre must be identical, or addVANTAGE will not be able to download data from the base station.

Note: Only addVANTAGE 3.45 is compatible with the A840 Telemetry Gateway. If your software is not up to date (check the

File–>About menu in addVANTAGE), download the latest update from Adcon’s web server (http://www.adcon.com).

The updater will update only version 3.40, so if you have an older version, you’ll need to contact your Adcon representative.

Losing a Password

If you misplace or forget your gateway password, follow these steps to change it with a new password:

1.

Open a terminal and connect to the gateway, as described in the first step of “Stopping and Starting the telemetry gateway” on page 18.

1.

Reset the A840 device by gently inserting a paper clip in the hole on the backplane near the serial line connector (see

Figure 3). After you feel a click, remove the paper clip.

reset hole

Figure 3. Resetting an A840 Device

2.

Carefully follow the messages on the terminal. When you see the “Waiting 5 sec for key, to enter console” message, press any key.

3.

At the hermit > prompt, type linux init=/bin/sash .

4.

After Linux finishes booting, you will see the > prompt. Type the following, ending each line by pressing Enter: