[time-nuts] Spectracom 9189 password reset? Instructions in manual don't work :-(

[Joe Dempster]

Are you connecting to the “Serial Interface Setup” port which should be the
closest DB9 to the right side rear of the chassis.

On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 17:04 David Howells via time-nuts <
time-nuts at lists.febo.com> wrote:

> Hello.  I have a Spectracom 9189 for which I need to configure - but do
> not have the password.  I am able to communicate with the unit via RS232
> and terminal emulator but I am stuck in "user level" mode.  If I try to
> login with the default admin password (as per manual) the login fails
> due to the wrong password.  If, as per the manual, I enter 'defaults' at
> the login prompt - that too is rejected.  Does anyone have any ideas?
> Surely the manual cannot be wrong?  I am definitely connected to the
> correct serial port.  The only big difference, contrary to the manual,
> is that the unit never presents me with a "login" prompt - I have to
> enter "login" followed by username and password - or put another way, it
> boots and is already at user level login.
>
> Thanks for any help - it would be great to get this unit back up as a
> Stratum 1 NTP server :-)
>
> David.
>
>
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