Afar NX-2E1, Operator'S Manual

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Help
Function keys, including F1, are activated after you get connected to a gateway. If you want to get
help from the command line, you can use the -h argument.
example:
> econ -h
Syntax:
econ <argument list>
argument list = argument list | argument | {}
argument = -o outputfile | -i inputfile | -r MAC address
Examples
Let's say you want to read a list of commands from the text file called in.txt, and capture the output to
a text file called out.txt. You are also interested only in a specific gateway with MAC address equal to
00:78:24:22:BA:4F. In that case, you will start the EConsole with the following arguments (the
arguments order is irrelevent):
>econ -i in.txt -o out.txt -r 00:78:24:22:BA:4F or
If you are reading from the keyboard, and you are simply interested in capturing the output of the
session, use the following syntax:
>econ -o out.txt
Since no input file was specified, it is assumed that the keyboard will be used for input, and ALL
gateways will participate in the discovery process.
Function Keys
Currently there are 6 different function keys.
F1 - Online help - gives a short description of the other function keys and the input arguments
F2 - Active/deactivate diagnostic messages. Initially diagnostic messages are not shown, therefore
if you want to see them you should press F2. Diagnostic messages include warnings, and
retransmission info in order to get an idea of the connection's speed/integrity. Error messages
are always shown.
F3 - Terminates the current session and closes the application.
F4 - Close the session with the current gateway and display the results of the initial discovery
phase to allow the user to connect to a new gateway.