User Guide

Section 7: Setting Up - UNIX
82 AXIS 540/640 User’s Manual
Using Telnet with the AXIS 540/640
The Telnet support makes it possible to log in to the AXIS 540/640
and execute various commands as shown in the example below. Use
the following command to log in:
telnet <host name>
Typical Telnet session to display available commands
Telnet support: Telnet is a TCP/IP command that allows you to
manage a remote system, in this case the AXIS
540/640. The AXIS 540/640 has a number of built in
commands that can be executed via Telnet. Recent
firmware updates may have changed the commands
that are available, so use the help command (as shown
above) to list the Telnet facilities in your print server.
> telnet salesdept
Trying 192.36.253.96...
Connected to salesdept.
Escape character is ‘^]’.
AXIS 540/640 TELNET Printer Server
AXIS 540/640 network login: root
Password: pass
(not visible)
AXIS 540/640 TELNET Printer Server
Root> help
Commands may be abbreviated:
logout logout from TELNET
version print current software version
help print this list
status show current printing status
account show current account file
softreset protocol restart of AXIS 540/640
hardreset reboot of AXIS 540/640
defaults set default parameters in AXIS 540/640
Root> logout
Goodbye!
Connection closed by foreign host.
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