Host-to-ipl communications, Ipl 250-initiated messages, Password information – Extron Electronics IPL 250 Reference Manual User Manual
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IPL 250 • SIS Programming and Control
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SIS
™
Programming and Control
The IPL 250 can be remotely controlled via a host computer, touchpanel, or other
device (such as a control system) attached to a shared network.
The IPL must be configured before use.
As shipped the controller/processor
cannot control any other devices or interact with a touchpanel before being
configured. Set up the IPL or control it by using Extron Simple Instruction Set
(SIS
™
) commands or Extron Global Configurator software (version 3.0 or higher),
via Ethernet LAN connection. See chapter 2 for
. For
information on the software and the embedded Web pages, see
and refer
to the software’s help files.
IPL 250 LAN port defaults:
• IPL’s IP address: 192.168.254.254
• gateway’s IP address: 0.0.0.0
• subnet mask: 255.255.0.0
• DHCP: off
Host-to-IPL Communications
SIS commands consist of one or more characters per field. No special characters
are required to begin or end a command sequence. When the IPL determines that
a command is valid, it executes the command and sends a response to the host
device. All responses from the IPL to the host end with a carriage return and a line
feed (CR/LF =
]
), which signals the end of the response character string. A string
is one or more characters.
IPL 250-initiated messages
If you are communicating with the IPL via a
Telnet connection, when a
local event such as a selection via a touchpanel takes place, the IPL responds by
sending a message to the host. No response is required from the host. The IPL-
initiated messages are listed here).
(c) Copyright 2009, Extron Electronics, IPL 250, Vx.xx, 60-1026-81
]
Day, DD MMM YYYY HH:MM:SS
]
Vx.xx is the firmware version number.
Example:
(c) Copyright 2009, Extron Electronics, IPL 250, V1.15, 60-1026-81
Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:53:34
The IPL 250 sends the boot and copyright messages when you first open a Telnet
connection to the IPL. You can see the day of the week, date, and time if the unit is
connected via Telnet. If you use a Telnet connection, the copyright message, date,
and time may be followed by a password prompt.
Additional messages may be sent by the IPL in response to changes made through
the touchpanel and when scripts are executed during scheduled events.
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
“
]
Login Administrator
]
”, “******
]
Login Administrator
]
”, or
“
]
Login User
]
”, depending on the password entered. If passwords are the same
for both administrator and user, the unit defaults to administrator privileges.