Appendix B – Telnet (Terminal) Commands
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Instruction Manual – DXLink Fiber Transmitters and Receivers
Setting a Telnet Username and Password
To set a Telnet username and password for a TX:
Important:
DXLink Fiber TX only –
To set either the Telnet Username or Password, you must set both of
them. If either is left blank (default) the other will not set.
1.
Establish a terminal connection via Telnet (see page 104).
2.
Type
Set Telnet Login
, and press Enter.
a.
Required – The program will prompt you to enter a new Telnet username; enter a username and press Enter.
b.
Required – The program will prompt you to enter a new Telnet password; enter a password and press Enter.
c.
Optional – The program will prompt you to enter a login session timeout value (minutes); enter a value and
press Enter.
d.
The program will indicate that the new Telnet Login information is being stored
To set a Telnet username and/or password for an RX:
1.
Establish a terminal connection via Telnet (see page 104).
2.
Type
Set Telnet Username
, and press Enter.
a.
The program will prompt you to enter a new Telnet username; enter a username and press Enter.
b.
The program will indicate that the username is being stored.
3.
Type
Set Telnet Password
, and press Enter.
a.
The program will prompt you to enter a password; press Enter twice to clear both the Telnet username and
password.
b.
Enter a password and press Enter.
c.
The program will prompt you to re-enter the password; re-enter the password and press Enter.
d.
The program will indicate that the password is being stored.
Telnet Commands
The Telnet commands listed in the table on the following page can be sent directly to the Transmitter or Receiver via a
Telnet terminal session.
The default Telnet port is
23
. A value of
0
(zero) disables the Telnet server.*
Telnet is enabled by default.
* If you set the Telnet port to “0” to disable it, you will need to perform a factory reset using the ID Pushbutton to
re-enable it (see page 70).
In the terminal program, type
Help
or a question mark (
?
) and press Enter to access the Help Menu and display a list of
terminal commands. These commands are included in the table on the following page (commands are listed
alphabetically).
Note:
If you send a command to a Transmitter and the response is
Invalid command
, the command may
only be valid on a Receiver (or vice versa).
