connect
Purpose
Used to make a connection, or establish a session, with a serial port.
Required permissions
For Digi products with two or more users, permissions must be set to set permissions connect=execute to use this command. See set permissions for details on setting user permissions for commands.
Syntax
There are several ways to create and manage connections:
Create a single connection
connect serial port
Create multiple connections
Issue multiple connect commands.
Temporarily suspend a connection
Escape the active session by pressing Ctrl [.
Temporarily suspend a connection and return to the command line
Press the escape character and then the Enter key.
Switch between active sessions (without first escaping to the command line)
Press the escape character and then the number of the session you wish to enter, for example, Esc+1.
Pressing the connect escape character twice causes the next session to appear, enabling you to easily page through sessions.
Options
serial port
The number of the port on which to establish a connection.
Example
Create a connection to port 1
#> connect 1