ConfiguringtheASCIIInterface.PDFVIP

Configuring the ASCII Interface Thinklogical, LLC ® 100 Washington Street Milford, Connecticut 06460 U.S.A Telephone : 1-203-647-8700 Fax : 1-203-783-0049 Revision: G Preface The router is controlled via an ASCII interface. This interface is accessible via a serial RS-232 port or over the network via a TCP port. Both ports use the same syntax. The command syntax is defined in the document:Router-ASCII-API.pdf The serial port is configured for 9600 baud, 1 stop bit, no parity, and software flow control. Each line contains only one command and must end with a carriage return (CR) and line feed (LF), or just a line feed (LF). The characters are not echoed. The network interface listens on TCP port 1756 . It accepts the same commands as the serial interface. You may use telnet to manually open a connection and control the VxRouter (references to a VxRouter also apply to a HdxRouter and a MxRouter) Router Configuration V4.0-9 and earlier The router interface is controlled by entries in the file /etc/inittab . Listed below are the relevant portions of the file that control the interfaces: #run the ASCII interface program ::respawn:/usr/local/sbin/vxrapi --verbose ::respawn:/usr/local/sbin/vxrapi --serial The line with --verbose starts the network connection. By default the network interface is started unless the --serial option is present After making changes to the file /etc/inittab , you must run the commands: kill -hup 1 killall vxrapi for the changes to take effect Router Configurat