CHAPTER 7: USING THE D400
SYSTEM UTILITIES
D400 SUBSTATION GATEWAY USER’S MANUAL
GENERAL
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Result: The D400 login prompt displays.
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The monitor is set to go into standby mode when not used for a few minutes. Touch the
keyboard or mouse to wake it up.
If the keyboard stops responding during use, simply unplug and re-connect the keyboard
cable.
System utilities
The D400 includes on-board utilities for managing the D400 system setup, such as
network settings, passwords, system time, and advanced configuration and diagnostic
tools. The System Utilities are accessed at the command line interface using a terminal
session.
You can access the command line interface in a few ways:
•
Local terminal session through the front maintenance port
•
Local substation computer connected to the KVM adapter
•
Telnet/SSH terminal session through a network connection
For more information on using the System Utilities, see the
D400 Software Configuration
Guide
.
From the front maintenance port
To access the D400 utilities through the front maintenance port
•
See “Connecting to the D400 for the first time” on page 83.
From the local substation computer
To access the D400 utilities through the local substation computer
•
See “To access the Local HMI from a local substation computer” on page 94.
Over a network connection
Once you have completed the initial network interface setup, you can initiate a Telnet/SSH
session through one of the D400 network connections to access the System utilities. You
need terminal emulation software that supports the Telnet and SSH protocols. Windows is
supplied with HyperTerminal, which supports a Telnet session, but does not include an SSH
terminal emulator. This must be obtained and installed separately.
You cannot use the root user account to access your D400 remotely. You must use an
Administrator-level user account (or a Supervisor-level user account, if so configured).
Refer to “Creating administrator-level user accounts” on page 87 for more information.
You can also initiate a Telnet/SSH session by clicking the
Utilities
button on the Power bar
in the D400 HMI.
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When accessing the D400 with an Administrator-level user account, you may not have
sufficient security privileges to execute the all commands listed in the user documentation.
If this occurs, type "
sudo
" in front of each command.
