Terminal (Program Port/Telnet) Commands
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6. Click OK to complete the communication parameters and open a new Terminal window.
7. Type echo on to view the characters while entering commands. If that does not work, press <Enter>
key on your keyboard.
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:
NetLinx Integrated Controllers - Port Assignments
Each of the NetLinx Integrated Controllers has specific port assignments:
Establishing a Terminal Connection Via Telnet1. 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:
It is very important to execute the 'logout' command prior to disconnecting from a
Master. Simply removing the RS-232 connector from the Program Port maintains
your logged-in status until you either return to logout via a new session or reboot the
target Master.
PC COM Port Communication Settings
Baud: 38400 (default)
Parity: None
Data Bits: 8
Stop Bits: 1
Flow Control: None
NI-700 Port Assignments NI-900 Port Assignments
Port ICSP Port # Port ICSP Port #
Serial Port #1 1 Serial Port #1 1
Serial Port #2 2 IR/Serial Port #1 2
IR/Serial Port 3 IR/Serial Port #2 3
I/O Port 4 IR/Serial Port #3 4
IR RX Port 5 I/O Port 5
IR RX Port 6