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Reference Guide Crestron 3-Series Control Systems
52 • 3-Series Control Systems Reference Guide – DOC. 7150A
Logon Session Timed Out
Console keeps monitoring each user’s activities by starting a timer once a user
successfully logs in. If a user idles for more than pre-set idle minutes allowed,
console automatically logs out the user.
For dynamic transport users (console symbol), console authentication is not required.
Therefore, logon session for these users never times out unless a user explicitly sets
the idle time limit.
By default, a user is never automatically logged off unless the logon session timeout
value is changed.
Change Logon Session Timeout
To change the timeout value, the following command can be used:
SETLOGOFFIDLETIME [minutes]
minutes - idle minutes passed before current user is logged off. An entry of 0
means user is not logged off automatically.
No parameter - display current transport setting.
When authentication is on, user is given a maximum of 3 logon attempts for each
type of transport media (Ethernet, USB, and dynamic). If a user fails to authenticate
against console within maximum attempts allowed, the transport media through
which he makes the connection is blocked.
For USB transport, the transport is blocked for 5 seconds after the maximum logon
attempt is reached. If user gives another try after 5 seconds and continues to fail, the
block time is doubled. The block time continues to be doubled until a successful
logon or control system reboot happens. Once a user successfully authenticates
against console, the failure count is reset to 0 and the block time is reset to 5 seconds.
For Ethernet transport, after a remote IP fails to logon within maximum attempts
allowed, console forces the closing of the transport and block further logon attempt
from that remote IP for 24 hours unless the control system is rebooted. Once a user
successfully authenticates against console, the failure count is reset to 0 and the
remote IP is removed from the blocked list.
For dynamic transport (mainly used by console symbol), console authentication is
not required and operator’s access level is granted by default. To use other
commands that require higher access level, a SUDO command must be used to
enable those commands.
Change Login Failure Count
To change the number of invalid login attempts, the following command can be
used:
Setloginattempts ?
SETLOGINAttempts [number]
number - number of login attempts a user has before the console is blocked. 0
is infinite.
No parameter - display current setting.