Communication and control – Extron Electronics IPL M PDP-ES User Guide User Manual

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IPL M PDP-ES • Communication and Control

Communication and Control

There is a 7 character limit for full file names. It is
advised that you use numeric titles (e.g., 1.eml, 24.eml).
Numeric titles reduce the characters of the file name, and
assist in keeping the alert files organized. However,
alphabetical titles are permitted.

X49

= Default Name: combination of model-name and last 3 pairs of

MAC address (e.g., IPL-M-PDP-ES 00-02-3D)

X52

= Connection’s security level: 00 = anonymous; 11 = user;

12 = Administrator

X69

= The number of seconds before timeout: (min = 1; max = 65535;

default = 30 = 300 seconds). If no data is received during the
timeout period, the Ethernet connection is closed. Each step =
10 seconds. The response is returned with leading zeros.

Applicable to Ethernet only.

X70

= Number (as optional parameter) inserted into an email message

if .eml file has an embedded ESC CR command with no params.

Copyright information

PDP-ES, Vx.xx
Thur, 18 Feb 2004 11:27:33
The copyright message is displayed upon connecting to IP
Link product via TCP/IP or Telnet. Mxx is the model and
Vx.xx is the firmware version number. The current date and
time are displayed. This is followed by a Password prompt.

Password information

The

Password: prompt requires a password (administrator

level or user level) followed by a carriage return. The prompt
is repeated if the correct password is not entered.

If the correct password is entered, the unit responds with

, depending on

password entered. If passwords are the same for both
administrator and user, the unit defaults to administrator
privileges.

Error responses

When the IPL T S interface receives a valid command, it
executes the command and sends a response to the host device.
If the unit is unable to execute the command because the

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X13

= Set local date and time format (MM/DD/YY-HH:MM:SS)

(e.g., 11/18/04-10:54:00)

Read local date and time format (day of week, date month year
HH:MM:SS) (e.g., Thu, 18 Nov 2004 18:19:33)

X14

= IP address (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) Leading zeros in each of four fields

are optional in setting values, and are suppressed in returned
values.

X15

= Mail Domain name (e.g., extron.com, icia.org)

X18

= Hardware (MAC) address (xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx)

X19

= Subnet mask (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx); leading zeros in each of four

fields are optional in setting values, and are suppressed in
returned values.

X22

= Verbose/Response mode: 0 = clear/none; 1 = verbose mode;

2=tagged responses for queries; 3 =v erbose mode and tagged
responses for queries. Default = 0 for Telnet connections.

If tagged responses are enabled, all read commands
return the constant string + the data, as setting the
value does. (e.g., Command: Esc CN

Response:

Ipn •x12

X23

= Priority status for receive timeout: 0 = priority set to Send Data

String command parameters; 1 = priority set to Configure rcv
timeout command parameters.

X25

= Baud rate: 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400

X33

= Password: allows a maximum length of 12 characters.

User password cannot be assigned if no administrator
password exists and returns E14. If an admin password
is cleared, then the user password is removed too.

X34

= Daylight saving time: 0 = Off/ignore; 1 = U.S.; 2 =Europe;

3 = Brazil.

X41

Reading Password: If a password exists, it responds with 4
asterisks (****). If no password exists, it appears empty.

X45

= Email number: Range = 1-48 (max.)

X46

= Email recipient address

X47

= Name of email file to be sent. The first line of file is the subject;

the rest is the body of the email.

Email files must have the file extension .eml.

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