Installation guide

set buffer
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set buffer
Devices
supported
This command is supported in all Digi Connect Family devices.
Purpose Configures buffering settings on a port, or displays the port buffer
configuration settings on all ports. The port buffering feature allows you to
monitor incoming ASCII serial data in log form.
Required
permissions
To use this command, permissions must be set to one of the following:
• For a user to display the port buffering settings for the line on which
they are logged in: “set permissions buffers=r-self”
• For a user to display the port buffering settings for any line:
“set permissions buffers=read”
• For a user to display and set the port buffering settings for the line on
which they are logged in: “set permissions buffers=rw-self”
• For a user to display the port buffering settings for any line, and set port
buffering settings for the line on which the user is logged in:
“set permissions buffers=w-self-r”
• For a user to display and set the port buffering settings on any line:
“set permissions buffers=rw”
See "set permissions" on page 86 for details on setting user permissions
for commands.
Syntax Configure port buffering
set buffer [clear] [port=number] [size=number]
[state={on|off|pause}]
Display the port buffering configuration
set buffer [port=port]
Options clear
Clears the contents of the specified buffer.
port
The port or ports to which the command applies.
size
The size in kilobytes to configure the buffer. Settings are configurable in
2-kilobyte increments. The maximum size is 64 kilobytes. The default is
32 kilobytes.