Specifications

Terminal (Program Port/Telnet) Commands
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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 113 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 username / password combination is not entered (i.e. just sitting at a
login prompt), the connection will be closed after one minute.
Terminal Commands
The Terminal commands listed in the following table can be sent directly to the Master via either a Program Port or a
Telnet terminal session (with the exception of the "Help Security" and "Resetadminpassword" commands, which are
only available to a Program Port (RS232) connection.
In your terminal program, type "Help" or a question mark ("?") and <Enter> to access the Help Menu, and display the
Program port commands described below:
Terminal Commands
Command Description
----- Help ----- <D:P:S> (Extended diag messages are OFF)
<D:P:S>: Device:Port:System. If omitted, assumes Master.
? or Help Displays this list of commands.
AUTO LOCATE 
(ENABLE|DISABLE|STATUS)
Enables/Disables/queries the auto locate feature on the Master.
Auto locate adds additional broadcast information for use by AMX Touch Panel
devices configured in Auto connect mode.
BOOT STATUS Returns the current boot state of the master.
Response is either "Boot in progress." or "Boot complete."
CLEAR AUDIT LOG Purges the entire database of audit records.
See the SHOW AUDIT LOG section on page 104.
CLEAR MAX BUFFERS Reset the max buffers high-water counters to zero.
CLEAR PERSISTENT VARS Clear out the persistent/non-volatile variable values without having to download a
new NetLinx program.
CPU USAGE Diagnostic tool to calculate a running average of the current CPU usage of the
Master.
DATE Displays the current date and day of the week.
Example:
>DATE
10/31/2004 Wed
DATE/TIME ON|OFF ENABLES/DISABLES the addition of a date time stamp to the terminal logs
displayed via "msg on"
DATE/TIME is Off by default at the start of each Terminal/Telnet session.
DEVICE HOLDOFF ON|OFF Sets the Master to holdoff devices (i.e. does not allow them to report ONLINE) until
all objects in the NetLinx program have completed executing the DEFINE_START
section.
If set to ON, any messages to devices in DEFINE_START will be lost, however, this
prevents incoming messages being lost in the Master upon startup.
When DEVICE_HOLDOFF is ON, you must use ONLINE events to trigger device
startup SEND_COMMANDs.
By default, DEVICE_HOLDOFF is OFF to maintain compatibility with Axcess systems
where devices are initialized in DEFINE_START.
Note: This command sets the state of the device holdoff. The GET DEVICE
HOLDOFF command reveals whether the state is On or Off (see page 93).
Example:
>Device Holdoff ON
Device Holdoff Set.