Orban OPTIMOD-FM 8600Si, Operating Manual

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OPTIMOD-FM DIGITAL INSTALLATION
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8600’s IP address into the “Host Name (or IP address)” field.
The IP address for this connection is the same as the IP address set in step
(1.B) on page 2-47 and is visible in the
Setup
> N
ETWORK
& R
EMOTE
> S
ET
IP A
DDRESS
screen
.
F) Name and save the Session if you wish.
G) Click
O
PEN
.
H) Activate the
C
APS
L
OCK on your computer to ensure that you type in upper-
case.
You can now recall presets. Refer to step 1 on page 2-53.
To automate control of the 8600 externally, establish a Telnet/SSH connection and
issue commands and parameters, either by typing them directly into a Telnet/SSH cli-
ent or by placing them within batch files. Then process them with a scriptable Tel-
net/SSH client that supports this operation, such as PuTTY, along with its companion
command-line interpreter, Plink. You can also use netcat.exe. Below, we provide in-
structions for both PuTTY/Plink and Netcat.
Custom third party applications can be developed to use this protocol. Additionally,
you can include this protocol in an existing application by using small subsets of the
standards-based Telnet/SSH protocols directly, or for simplicity, by using scripting or
by calling batch files with a Telnet/SSH client such as PuTTY along with its compan-
ion command-line interpreter, Plink.
Automating control changes is possible using the Windows Task Scheduler to launch
batch files at the desired time.
CAUTION : Because of the powerful features and potential security risks
of Netcat, many virus programs may detect this software as a threat. If
Netcat is detected as such, configure virus software to allow, and use the
software with the normal security precautions. The outbound configura-
tions shown here do not provide any security risks. Inbound connections,
if used for other applications, require careful security configuration.
In the examples below, replace “123.45.67.89” with the IP address of the 8600 you
are controlling. Replace “23” with the terminal port you specified using the method
described on page 2-50. Port 23 is the factory default.
Automated Control Using PuTTY/Plink
This method is scripted with a .cmd file and calls a .txt file. Via plink.exe, the .cmd
file calls putty.exe, which then makes the network connection between the com-
puter executing putty.exe and 8600, and specifies the .txt file to use.
The .txt file contains the 8600 commands.
The following two examples recall the presets
GREGG
and
GREGG OPEN
respec-
tively.
The file “8600_P1_Gregg.cmd” contains:
plink -raw -P 23 123.45.67.89 < 8600_P1_Gregg.txt