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TX54 User Guide 688
Help for using Python to execute TX54 CLI commands
Get help executing a CLI command from Python by accessing help for cli.execute :
1. Log into the TX54 command line as a user with shell access.
Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection
menu . Type shell to access the device shell.
2. At the shell prompt, use the python command with no parameters to enter an interactive
Python session:
# python
Python 3.6.13 (default, May
9 2021, 22:49:59)
[GCC 8.3.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>
3. Import the cli submodule:
>>> from digidevice import cli
>>>
4. Use the help command with cli.execute :
>>> help(cli.execute)
Help on function execute in module digidevice.cli:
execute(command, timeout=5)
Execute a CLI command with the timeout specified returning the results.
...
5. Use Ctrl-D to exit the Python session. You can also exit the session using exit() or quit() .
Use digidevice.datapoint to upload custom datapoints to Digi
Remote Manager
Use the datapoint Python module to upload custom datapoints to Digi Remote Manager.
The following characteristics can be defined for a datapoint:
n
Stream ID
n
Value
n
(Optional) Data type
l
integer
l
long
l
float
l
double
l
string
l
binary
n
Units (optional)
n
Timestamp (optional)