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Intelligent PDU User Guide
Commad Line Interface
client program (eg. PuTTY, HyperTerminal, or Tera Term) on your computer.
Note:
If using PuTTY to configure SSH access, please configure Line discipline of Terminal to “Force off”, as
shown in Figure 5.
Figure 5. The PuTTY Configuration window.
How to use the Command Line Interface
While using the command line interface, you can also do the following:
1. To close the connection to the command line interface
Type
“
exit
” and press Enter
2. To switch mode as Menu Mode
Type “
menumode
” and press Enter
3. To view a list of available commands or arguments
Type “
?
” (Eg.
date
?).
4. To view the command that was typed most recently in the session
Press the UP/DOWN arrow
key. (The session can remember up to ten previous commands.)
5. A command can support multiple options
To define the date as March 21, 2015 (Eg.
date yyyy
2015 mm 3 dd 21
)
Command Response Codes
When the command or arguments is not recognized or is incorrect, the console interface will display [^]
underneath the wrong command or argument. The following error message will be displayed:
Command not found
PDU
doesn’t know this command.
Console interface display the list of available commands.
Parameter Error
The parameter type or format is not allowed.
Console interface display the list of available value or format.
