APC Battery Management System To use SCP to retrieve the file. , To use FTP to retrieve the file.

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To use SCP to retrieve the file. To use SCP to retrieve the event.txt file,
use the following command:
scp username@hostname_or_ip_address:data txt./data.txt
To use FTP to retrieve the file. To use FTP to retrieve the event.txt file:
1. At a command prompt, type ftp and the Battery Management
System’s IP address, and press ENTER.
If the Port setting for FTP Server in the Network menu has changed
from its default value (21), you must use the non-default value in the
FTP command. For Windows FTP clients, use the following command,
including spaces. (For some FTP clients, you must use a colon instead
of a space between the IP address and the port number.)
ftp>open ip_address port_number
2. Use the case-sensitive User Name and Password for either an
Administrator or a Device Manager user to log on.
– For Administrator, apc is the default for User Name and Password.
– For Device Manager, device is the default for User Name, and apc
is the default for Password.
3. Use the get command to transmit the text version of the event log or
data log to your local drive.
ftp>get event.txt
or
ftp>get data.txt
To use non-default port values to enhance security, see Port
assignments.