AMX NI-4000 Help menu, Help Menu Options, NetLinx Security with a Terminal Connection, Command

NetLinx Security with a Terminal Connection

Help menu

Type help at the prompt in the Telnet session to display the following help topics:

Help Menu Options

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.
DATE		Displays the current date.
DEVICE HOLDOFF ONOFF		Sets the Master to holdoff devices (i.e. does not allow them to report
		ONLINE) until the NetLinx program has 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 f devices are initialized in DEFINE_START.
DEVICE STATUS <D:P:S>		Provides information about the specified device.
DNS LIST <D:P:S>		Displays the DNS configuration of a device.
DISK FREE		Displays the amount of free space on the disk.
GET DEVICE HOLDOFF		Displays the state of the device holdoff setting in the Master
GET IP <D:P:S>		Displays the IP configuration of a device.
HELP SECURITY		Displays security related commands.
IP STATUS		Provides information about NetLinx IP Connections.
MEM		Shows size of the largest block of available memory.
MSG ONOFF		Enables/Disables extended diagnostic messages.
OFF	[D:P:S or NAME,CHAN]	Turns off the specified channel.
ON	[D:P:S or NAME,CHAN]	Turns on the specified channel.
PASS [D:P:S or NAME]		Puts the Session in pass mode to the specified device.
		• Mode is exited by ++ ESC ESC.
		• Display Format is set by ++ ESC n
		If n is A, format = ASCII
		If n is D, format = Decimal
		If n is H, format = Hex
PING [ADDRESS]		Pings an address (IP or URL).
		Specify an option for reverse lookup.
PROGRAM INFO		Displays a list of program modules loaded.
PULSE [D:P:S or NAME,CHAN]		Pulses the specified channel.
REBOOT <D:P:S>		Reboots the device.
RELEASE DHCP		Releases the current DHCP lease.
ROUTE MODE DIRECTNORMAL		Set the Master-Master route mode.
SEND_COMMAND D:P:S or		Sends the specified command to the device.The Command uses
NAME,COMMAND		NetLinx string syntax.
		• Ex: send_command 1:1:1,"'This is a test',13,10"
		• Ex: send_command RS232_1,"'This is a test',13,10"
SEND_STRING D:P:S or		Sends the specified string to the device.
NAME,STRING
SET DATE		Set the current date.

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