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Tahoe 8216 / Tahoe 8116 Remote Power Management System
SSH Connection
Th
e SSH protocol gives secure encrypted access to the device’s command line interface. Any SSH-
2.0 conforming client such as Putty or OpenSSH may be used. See the
Command Line Interface
section for the list of available commands.
Please note that SSH access must be explicitly enabled and a host key generated using the
sss on
command prior to use. By default SSH occupies TCP port number 22. Use the
ssh
command to
con
fi
gure the SSH service.
GSM access
(Tahoe 8216/GSM only)
To control the power through the GSM network insert a GSM SIM card into the SIM Card slot and
make sure the antenna is present and properly connected. If necessary, a PIN must be entered using
the web interface or the
gsm pin
command, and settings saved a
ft
erwards. Also make sure the GSM
service centre to be used is correctly set.
Th
e outlets are controlled via short text messages using the following commands:
login
<username> <password>
on
<outlets>
off
<outlets>
reset
<outlets>
end
Th
e
login
command is needed to authenticate the sender, preceding other commands, if their
number is not in the list of known numbers. (
Th
e list of known numbers may be managed via web
interface or by command line with
gsm
command).
Th
e
on
,
o
ff
and
reset
commands turn speci
fi
ed outlets on or o
ff
, or reboot outlets respectively. You
may specify
outlets
as a combination of the following forms:
<a>,<b>
- speci
fi
c outlets,
<m>-<n>
- range of outlets,
<name>
- outlet by its name,
*
- all outlets,
<u>:<outlets>
- speci
fi
c outlets on unit u,
e.g:
off *
- turns o
ff
all outlets (on all units),
on 1-4
- turns on outlets from 1 to 4 on main unit,
on 2:1,3
- turns on outlets 1 and 3 on second unit (
fi
rst extension unit),
