Minicom Advanced Systems Minicom Smart 216 - Manual (Page 25)

USER GUIDE
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OSD password enabled - For the local user access to the OSD can be password
enabled or disabled (default), with the option of a standard or high security level of
password as explained above. Select the checkbox to enable password.
Note! The user access permissions are the same whether access in done locally or
remotely.
Idle Timeout – Select the Timeout inactivity period after which the user is
disconnected from the system. Choose No Timeout to disable Timeout.
Serial Terminal Policy
The Smart 216 / 232 IP device enables you to control serial devices by connecting
to them via the devices’ web interface, as follows:
Log in to the Smart 216 / 232 IP web interface, click on a serial port, and then
connect. This way, the Smart 216 / 232 IP internal SSH client is opened and used
for the session.
Alternatively you can bypass the web interface and connect directly to the serial
device itself.
To do this, the Smart 216 / 232 IP device should be configured to “Enable direct
SSH connection” which will redirect all serial communication messages to / from
the connected device via a dedicated TCP port.
This will enable you to use your preferred SSH client that will communicate
directly to the serial device via the specified TCP port, opening and closing
sessions autonomously without the need for a web interface.
The default TCP ports used to operate Serial connections 1 and 2 are TCP ports
4001 and 4002 respectively.
Hence – when “Enable direct SSH connection” is selected, you type the IP Address
of the Smart 216 / 232 IP, followed by the TCP port number in your SSH client to
connect to the Serial device.
Login to the Smart 216 / 232 IP SSH shell with the user name and password
configured in the Smart 216 / 232 IP.
Note! Restart the Smart 216 / 232 IP device after adding Telnet permissions to the
users in order to enable login over SSH connection.
These settings are customizable enabling you to choose the TCP port used for that
purpose, if that port is already taken by another service on your network.
You can operate the serial connection by using any SSH client – PuTTy
SecureCRT and others.