Specifications

Terminal (Program Port/Telnet) Commands

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PC COM Port Communication Settings

Be sure that your PC's COM port and terminal program's communication settings match those in the table below:

Establishing a Terminal Connection Via Telnet

1. In your Windows taskbar, go to Start > Run to open the Run dialog.

2. Type cmd in the Open field and click OK to open an instance of the Windows command interpreter (Cmd.exe).

3. In the CMD (command), type "telnet" followed by a space and the Master’s IP Address info.

Example:

>telnet XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX

4. Press Enter.

Unless Telnet security is enabled, a session will begin with a welcome banner:

Welcome to NetLinx vX.XX.XXX Copyright AMX Corp. 1999-2006

If Telnet security is enabled, type in the word login to be prompted for a Username and Password before

gaining access to the Master.

5. Enter your username to be prompted for a password.

If the password is correct you will see the welcome banner.

If the password is incorrect, the following will be displayed:

Password: *****

After a delay, another login prompt will be displayed to allow you to try again.

If after 5 prompts, the login information is not entered correctly, the following message will be displayed and

the connection closed:

To restrict access to the Master via terminal connection, enable Configuration Security on the Master via the

CONFIGURATION SECURITY option in the Security Options menu - see the

Security Options

Menu section on page 117 for details). With Configuration Security enabled, a valid user with Configuration

Security access will have to login before being able to execute Telnet commands. If security is not enabled,

these commands are available to all.

If a connection is opened, but a valid a username / password combination is not entered (i.e. just sitting at a

PC COM Port Communication Settings

• Baud: 38400 (default)

• Parity: None

• Data Bits: 8

•Stop Bits: 1

• Flow Control: None