Orban OPTIMOD-FM 8700, Operating Manual

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OPTIMOD-FM DIGITAL INSTALLATION
2-59
Direct Control Using PuTTY
A) If you are using a serial connection, establish a Direct Serial Connection be-
tween your computer and the Optimod. See
Appendix: Setting Up Serial
Communications starting on page 2-74.
A connection through the Serial 1 port uses a fixed IP address:
192.168.168.101
B) Start PuTTY.
The S
ESSION
window appears.
C) Click the T
ELNET
button, which is hard-wired for Port 23.
D) In the
T
ERMINAL
category, check “Implicit CR in every LF.”
You should not have to change any other PuTTY Terminal, Window, or
Connection defaults
E) Specify the host name or IP address:

If you are connecting through the 8700i’s Serial 1 port, type
192.168.168.101 into the “Host Name (or IP address)” field.

If you are connecting through the 8700i’s Ethernet interface, type the
8700i’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.A) on page 2-64 and is visible in the
S
YSTEM
S
ETUP
> N
ETWORK
R
EMOTE
> N
ETWORK
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 10 on page 2-53.
To automate control of the 8700i externally, establish a Telnet/SSH connection and
issue commands and parameters, either by typing them directly into a Telnet/SSH
client or by placing them within batch files. Then process them with a scriptable
Telnet/SSH client that supports this operation, such as PuTTY, along with its compan-
ion command-line interpreter, Plink. You can also use netcat.exe. Below, we provide
instructions 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.