Lantronix XPort User Manual

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Using Setup Mode for Configuration

Manual Connection

Attempts to connect when directed by a command string
received from the serial port. The first character of the command
string must be a C (ASCII 0x43), and the last character must be
either a carriage return (ASCII 0x0D) or a line feed (0x0A). No
blanks or space characters may be in the command string.
Between the first and last command string characters must be a
full or partial destination IP address and may be a destination
port number.

The IP address must be in standard dot-decimal notation and
may be a partial address, representing the least significant 1, 2,
or 3 bytes of the remote IP address. The period is required
between each pair of IP address numbers.

If present, the port number must follow the IP address, must be
presented as a decimal number in the range 1-65535, and must
be preceded by a forward slash (ASCII 0x2F). The slash
separates the IP address and the port number. If you omit the
port number from a command string, the internally stored remote
port number starts a connection.

If a partial IP address is presented in a command string, it is
interpreted to be the least significant bytes of the IP address and
uses the internally stored remote IP address to provide the most
significant bytes of the IP address. If the IP address entered is
0.0.0.0/0, the device server enters Monitor Mode.

For example, if the remote IP address already configured in the
unit is 129.1.2.3, then an example command string would be
C3/7. (This would connect to 129.1.2.3 and port 7.) You may
also use a different ending for the connection string. For
example, C50.1/23 would connect you to 129.1.50.1 and port 23.

Table 4-18. Manual Connection Address Example

Command String

Result if remote IP is 129.1.2.3 and remote port is 1234

C121.2.4.5/1

Complete override; connection is started with host 121.2.4.5, port 1

C5

Connect to 129.1.2.5, port 1234

C28.10/12

Connect to 129.1.28.10, port 12

C0.0.0.0/0

Connect to 129.1.28.10, port 12; enter Monitor Mode

Autostart (Automatic
Connection)

If you enable autostart, the unit automatically connects to the
remote IP address and remote port specified when the firmware
starts.

Hostlist

If you enable this option, the device server scrolls through the
hostlist until it connects to a device listed in the hostlist table.
Once it connects, the unit stops trying to connect to any others. If
this connection fails, the unit continues to scroll through the table
until it is able to connect to another IP in the hostlist.

Hostlist supports a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 12 entries.
Each entry contains the IP address and the port number.
The hostlist is disabled for Manual Mode and for Modem Mode.
The unit will not accept a data connection from a remote device
when the hostlist option is enabled.

XPort™ User Guide

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