This note applies to the following models with the –A option:
508TX, 516TX, 524TX, 508FX2, 509FX, 517FX, 526FX2, 508FXE2, 509FXE, 517FXE, 526FXE2
Command Line Interface
With the “-A‟ option, you can configure and/or query all the important parameters of an N-Tron 500 series industrial Ethernet switch using a command line interpreter. These functions may be accessed using the serial port (marked COM).
Serial Cable
Connect the serial COM port of your PC and the 500 Series Switch using a standard straight through cable. You will require a cable with a 9-pin or 25-pin sub-D female connector for the PC end, and a 9-pin male sub-D connector for the series 500 end. The following table shows the pin-out and the connections for both types of cable:

HyperTerminal
The following configuration should be used in HyperTerminal:
Port Settings: 9600
Data Bits: 8
Parity: None
Stop bits: 1
Flow Control: None
Logging In (password protection)
Access using the CLI is password-protected. You can log in as administrator to read and modify the 500 Series switch parameters. Note: The factory defaults admin password is admin. First press <Escape> to access the Management Console Function. Login: enter username „admin‟ and then press <Enter>. Password: enter password admin (or the user’s defined password), then press <Enter>.
Example:

You can now activate the commands of the CLI.
Note that example above is for a –A unit, and so has the login capability.
Only aging, N-View™ and IGMP Snooping are enabled by default on a –A unit.
Only aging and N-View™ are enabled on a –N unit.
Only aging is enabled on a basic (no dash) unit.
This information includes the model number, firmware version, and MAC address.
Also, information is presented as to which functions are enabled, for example in this case above:
- N-View™ , Aging and IGMP Snooping are reported as enabled (default).
- Trunking, mirroring, Port QOS, Tagged QOS, and VLAN are reported as disabled (default).
Note: Prior to version 7.08 firmware, Tagged QOS was enabled by default on –A units.
CLI Tree of Menus
- info (Show identification data)
- SYSTEM (Open system menu)
- nview (Get information about N-View™ function)
- info (Get information about N-View™ )
- enable/disable (Enable/Disable N-View™ )
- aging (Aging Time for dynamically learned addresses)
- info (Get information about Aging)
- enable/disable (Enable/Disable Aging)
- config (Configure Aging)
- info1 (Get information about system - ports 1->8)
- info2 (Get information about system - ports 9->16)
- info3 (Get information about system - ports 17->24)
- info4 (Get information about system - ports 25 & 26)
- upwd (Set a user defined password)
- restore (Restore factory defaults) **Note: Power cycle is required when completed.
- nview (Get information about N-View™ function)
- SWITCH (Open switch menu)
- mirror (mirroring)
- info (Get information about Mirroring)
- enable/disable (Enable/Disable Mirroring)
- config (Configure Mirroring)
- trunking (Assign Port Trunking Groups)
- info (Get information about Trunking)
- enable/disable (Enable/Disable Trunking)
- config (Configure Trunking)
- qos (Quality of Service - traffic priority)
- info (Get information about QOS)
- en_tag/dis_tag (Enable/Disable Tagged QOS - 802.1p)
- set_tag (Set Tagged QOS threshold - 802.1p)
- en_port/dis_port (Enable/Disable Port QOS)
- set_port (Set Port QOS - higher priority ports)
- vlan (Virtual Local Area Networks)
- info (Get information about VLAN)
- enable/disable (Enable/Disable VLAN)
- if tagged now:
- untagged (Untagged pkt handling)
- port (Switch to Port Based VLAN)
- if port now:
- tagged (Switch to Tagged VLAN)
- group1 (configure tagged VLAN Group 1)
- group2 (configure tagged VLAN Group 2)
- group3 (configure tagged VLAN Group 3)
- group4 (configure tagged VLAN Group 4)
- group5 (configure tagged VLAN Group 5)
- group6 (configure tagged VLAN Group 6)
- group7 (configure tagged VLAN Group 7)
- group8 (configure tagged VLAN Group 8)
- cleargroups (clear all 8 tagged VLAN Groups)
- mirror (mirroring)
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- igmp (IGMP Snooping)
- info (Get information about IGMP Snooping)
- enable/disable (Enable/Disable IGMP Snooping)
- routers (Manage Router Port(s) for IGMP Snooping)
- 'A' to Auto-detect plus manual, OR
- 'M' for Manual only, OR
- 'N' for None.
- rfilters (Manage Router Multicast Data Filters)
- query (Manage Query Generation)
- 'A' to Auto query, OR
- 'O' for query On, OR
- 'F' for query oFF.
- filters (Select traffic filter(s))
- info (Get info on Filters)
- bfilter (Configure Broadcast Filter Ports)
- sfilter (Configure Static Multicast Filter)
- On 508FX2-A only:
- dis_nring (Disable filters for N-Ring) ( or „en_nring‟ if currently disabled )
- dis_ring600 (Disable filters for 600 series ring) ( or „en_ring600‟ if currently disabled )
- ports (Reconfigure Individual Port Parameters)
- info (Get info on Port Parameters)
- enabling (Enable or disable each port)
- negotiate (Select autonegotiate or not for each port)
- speed10 (Force 10 Mb speed for each port)
- speed100 (Force 100 Mb speed for each port)
- half (Force half duplex for each port)
- full (Force full duplex for each port)
- crossover (Force crossover connection for each port)
- link10h (Advertise 10Mb and half for each port)
- filter (Configure Collision Filter for each port)
- squelchon (Squelch more than IEEE standard.)
- igmp (IGMP Snooping)
( or „squelchoff‟ if currently on )
For further detail on using the Command Line interface, refer to the 500 series User Manual
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