An online help function is available for every command. By typing the ? character, all the information, needed to correctly compose the commands, are displayed.

The help function is contextual, this means the help message displayed depends on the ? character position in the command line.

[11:08:39] ABILIS_CPX:?

ALARM          Alarm operations
A              Add operations
BOOT           Boot operations
C              Clear operations
CALL           Open a Connection
CALLTRY        Open a Connection
CLOSE          Close current CP session
CONF           Configuration management
CONFLOG        Configuration and/or log files backup/restore
CONTACT        Address Book
D              Display operations
DEBUG          Debug operations
DISC           Close a Connection
DISABLE        Disabling operations
EXIT           Close current CP session
ENABLE         Enabling operations
F              Find operations
FILE           File copy/delete/get/put operations
HALT           Shutdown operation
HELP           Detailed topic help
INIT           Init operations
IPTRACE        TCP/IP Trace operations
LICENCE        Licence operations
LIST           Lists operations
LOGIN          Log-in operations
LOGOUT         Log-out operations
M              Move operations
MSG            Voice message service
PAR            Active parameter operations
PING           Ping command
PINGSTAT       Ping statistics command
RESTART        System Restart operations
R              Restart operations
S              Set operations
SAVE           Save operations
SHUTDOWN       Shutdown operation
SOUND          Sound disable/enable operations
START          Start real-time logging operations
SYS            System operations
TERM           Terminal setting operations
TEST           Testing operations
TRACE          Trace operations
TRACERT        Trace route command
TRACEROUTE     Trace route command
TRANSFER       Transfer Calls
USBDEV         USB devices management
VALIDATE       Current configuration validation
WARM           System warm start operations
X              Exchange HW device configurations and resource subtypes
??             Full list of allowed commands

Inserting the ? character in a more advanced position in the command line, only those key words and their description, allowed by the command language to be place in that position and after on, will be displayed.

[11:19:17] ABILIS_CPX:alarm ?

VIEW           Alarm view
RESET          Alarm reset

The following example shows how it is possible, through the digitation of ? character in successively different positions, to have a complete description of “Add CTI routing” command:

[11:19:17] ABILIS_CPX:a ?

CRKEY:         Encryption/Decryption key identifier [1..63]
CF             CF/DND (Call forwarding/Do-Not-Disturb) entry
CONTACT        Address Book
CTIB           CTI channels bundle
CTICL          CTI cluster
CTIDISA        CTI DISA Users and Services
CTIG           CTI group
CTIH323        CTI H.323 Translation entry
CTIIAX         CTIIAX numbers table entry
CTIL           CTI link
CTILG          CTI group of links
CTIPC          CTI permanent connection
CTIR           CTI routing
CTIRE          CTI routing
CTIRR          CTI routing
CTISIP         CTISIP numbers table entry
CTISMS         CTI SMS routings for incoming/outgoing messages
DEV:           HW device identifier 'type-n', where 'n' can be [1..255]
DHCP           DHCP profile/subnet/host
DNS            DNS server and relay tables
FTP            FTP Virtual root paths/path's access Rights
GROUP:         Group name. Max. 32 ASCII characters.
HTTP           HTTP Virtual root paths/path's access Rights
IKE            IKE Host/Client connections and preshared keys tables
IPACL          IP Access List
IPAD           IP Routing Administrative Distance
IPLB           IP Load Balancing entry
IPR            IP Routing
IPSEC          IPSEC Security policies and associations tables
LCSG           Last Calling Number Service group
LCST           Last Calling Number Service table entry
LIST:          CPX list name
NAT            NAT alias entry
OSPF           OSPF area/range/neigh/host/external route
PVC            PVC Connection
R              SVC Routing
RES:           Resource identifier 'type-n', where 'n' can be [1..999]
RIP            RIP external route
USER:          User name. Max. 32 ASCII characters.
VRRP           VRRP Routers
WGB            WG Bridge Routing


[11:19:17] ABILIS_CPX:a ctir ?

PR:            CTI routing priority [0..255]

[11:19:17] ABILIS_CPX:a ctir pr:1 ?

CTI routing parameter(s):

DESCR:     Description. From 0 up to 70 ASCII extended characters.
           Case is preserved. Spaces are allowed.
           Strings holding spaces must be written between quotation marks.
           In standard format it is displayed only when not empty.
           In reduced format it is not displayed.
ACT:       Active/usable record flag [NO, YES]
           In standard/reduced format it is displayed only when equal to NO.
EDT:       Editable by HTTP users record flag [NO, YES]
           In standard/reduced format it is displayed only when equal to YES.
TYPE:      Type of the connection [TR, DATA, VtoC, VtoH, VtoI, VtoS, VtoD,
           CtoV, CtoC, CtoH, CtoI, CtoS, CtoD, HtoV, HtoC, HtoH, HtoI, HtoS,
           HtoD, ItoV, ItoC, ItoH, ItoI, ItoS, ItoD, StoV, StoC, StoH, StoI,
           StoS, StoD, DtoV, DtoC, DtoH, DtoI, DtoS, DtoD, *toV, *toC, *toH,
           *toI, *toS, *toD]
POI:       Input CTI port/group [1..300, *, #, G1..G32, G*, PBX, CtiSLink,
           CtiH323, CtiIax, CtiDisa, CtiSip]
           <Only for TYPE:TR/DATA/VtoCHISD/HtoVCHISD/ItoVCHISD/DtoVCHISD/
            StoVCHISD/*toVCHISD>
SR:        Source Cluster identifier [0..9, A..Z, a..z, _, :] or "#", or "*",
           or a list name 'list'.           <Only for TYPE:CtoVCHISD/*toVCHISD>
POO:       Output CTI port/group [1..300, #, G1..G32, PBX, CtiSLink, CtiH323,
           CtiIax, CtiDisa, CtiSip]
           <Only for TYPE:TR/DATA/CtoVHISD/VtoHISD/HtoVHISD/ItoVHISD/DtoVHISD/
            StoVHISD/*toVHISD>
DS:        Destination Cluster identifier [0..9, A..Z, a..z, _, :]
           or "#" or "<AUTO-I>" or "<AUTO-O>".   <Only for TYPE:VCHISDtoC/*toC>
NEXT:      Alternative routing selection [N (or NO), U (or UNLIMITED),
           L (or LIMITED), T (or TRANSFERT), BB (or BUTBUSY)] or the name
           of ICAUSE list between primes (E.g.: BUTBUSY or 'my_causes').
LAST:      Alternative routing, last failure reason for conditional match
           [ANY, BUSY, NOANS, OTHER] or the name of ICAUSE list between
           primes (E.g.: NOANS or 'my_causes').
EEC:       Extended echo canceller activation [NO, IN, OUT, BOTH]
CDI:       Input called address [0..9, *, #, ?, 'list'], optionally preceded by
           TON [u, i, n, o, s, h, c] and/or NP [x, e, d, t, l, p] attributes,
           or [##, $].
           (E.g.: 123, 123*, 12?, 12?*, *, #, ##, $, 'listname', 123'listname')
           See HELP ISDN ATTRIBUTES for details on attributes.
           See HELP SPECIAL VALUES for details on meaning of special values.
CDO:       Output called address [0..9, *, #, 'macro'], optionally preceded by
           TON [u, i, n, o, s, h, c] and/or NP [x, e, d, t, l, p] attributes.
           (E.g.: 123, *, #, 123'cdi', 'cdi'123'cgi.s5', 'sdi', ''listname'',
                  ''listname.cd'', ''listname.cg'.s2', ''listname'.s5')
           See HELP ISDN ATTRIBUTES for details on attributes.
           See HELP ISDN VALUES for details on meaning of special values.
CGI:       Input calling address [0..9, *, #, ?, 'list'], optionally preceded
           by TON [u, i, n, o, s, h, c] and/or NP [x, e, d, t, l, p] and/or
           PI [a, r, m, q] and/or SI [y, v, w, z, j] attributes, or [##, $].
           (E.g.: 123, 123*, 12?, 12?*, *, #, ##, $, 'listname', 123'listname')
           See HELP ISDN ATTRIBUTES for details on attributes.
           See HELP ISDN VALUES for details on meaning of special values.
CGO:       Output calling address [0..9, *, #, 'macro'], optionally preceded
           by TON [u, i, n, o, s, h, c] and/or NP [x, e, d, t, l, p] and/or
           PI [a, r, m, q] and/or SI [y, v, w, z] attributes.
           (E.g.: 123, *, #, 123'cdi', 'cdi'123'cgi.s5', 'sdi', ''listname'',
                  ''listname.cd'', ''listname.cg'.s2', ''listname'.s5',
                  12''listname''34)
           See HELP ISDN ATTRIBUTES for details on attributes.
           See HELP ISDN VALUES for details on meaning of special values.
SDI:       Input called sub-address [AlphaNumExt, *, ?, #, ##, $, 'list'].
           (E.g.: ho11, me1*, ho??12?, ho?12?*, *, #, 'listname', AA'listname')
           See HELP ISDN VALUES for details on meaning of special values.
SDO:       Output called sub-address [AlphaNumExt, *, #, 'macro'].
           (E.g.: home123, *, #, home123'sgi', 'sgi'home123'cdi.s5', 'sdi'
                  ''listname.cd'', ''listname.cg'.s2', ''listname'.s5',
                  AAA''listname.cd'', AAA'sdi'BBB''listname'.s5')
           See HELP ISDN VALUES for details on meaning of special values.
SGI:       Input calling sub-address [AlphaNumExt, *, ?, #, ##, $, 'list'].
           (E.g.: ho11, me1*, ho??12?, ho?12?*, *, #, 'listname', AA'listname')
           See HELP ISDN VALUES for details on meaning of special values.
SGO:       Output calling sub-address [AlphaNumExt, *, #, 'macro'].
           (E.g.: home123, *, #, home123'sgi', 'sgi'home123'cdi.s5', 'sdi'
                  ''listname.cd'', ''listname.cg'.s2', ''listname'.s5',
                  AAA''listname.cd'', AAA'sgi'BBB''listname'.s5')
           See HELP ISDN VALUES for details on meaning of special values.
RGI:       Input redirecting address [0..9, *, #, ?, 'list'], optionally
           preceded by TON [u, i, n, o, s, h, c] and/or NP [x, e, d, t, l, p]
           and/or PI [a, r, m, q] and/or SI [y, v, w, z, j] attributes,
           or [##, $].
           (E.g.: 123, 123*, 12?, 12?*, *, #, ##, $, 'listname', 123'listname')
           See HELP ISDN ATTRIBUTES for details on attributes.
           See HELP ISDN VALUES for details on meaning of special values.
RGO:       Output redirecting address [0..9, *, #, 'macro'], optionally
           preceded by TON [u, i, n, o, s, h, c] and/or NP [x, e, d, t, l, p]
           and/or PI [a, r, m, q] and/or SI [y, v, w, z] attributes.
           (E.g.: 123, *, #, 123'cdi', 'cdi'123'cgi.s5', 'sdi', ''listname'',
                  ''listname.cd'', ''listname.cg'.s2', ''listname'.s5',
                  12''listname''34)
           See HELP ISDN ATTRIBUTES for details on attributes.
           See HELP ISDN VALUES for details on meaning of special values.
T301:      Alerting time-out [Dft, 5..180 sec.]
UDT:       Unconditional disconnect timer [NO, 1..9999 sec.]
LCS:       Enable/disable Last Calling number Service [NO, YES]
                    <Only for POO: not equal to CtiSlink, CtiH323, and CtiDisa>
LCST:      Last Calling number Service records timeout [Sys, NONE, 1..999 hour]
                    <Only for POO: not equal to CtiSlink, CtiH323, and CtiDisa>
IG:        Input gain [Sys, MUTE, -31..+31 dB]
                                    <Only for TYPE:VtoCHISD/CHISDtoV/*toVCHISD>
OG:        Output gain [Sys, MUTE, -31..+31 dB]
                                    <Only for TYPE:VtoCHISD/CHISDtoV/*toVCHISD>
SG:        Attenuation of DTMF or Tone signals respect to their configured
           values [Sys, -31..0 dB]
                                    <Only for TYPE:VtoCHISD/CHISDtoV/*toVCHISD>
DL:        Output volume of lower DTMF tone [Sys, MUTE, -31..+3 dBm]
                                    <Only for TYPE:VtoCHISD/CHISDtoV/*toVCHISD>
DH:        Output volume of higher DTMF tone [Sys, MUTE, -31..+3 dBm]
                                    <Only for TYPE:VtoCHISD/CHISDtoV/*toVCHISD>
FMRLY:     Fax/Data relay [NO, YES, Sys]
           <Only for TYPE:VtoCHISD/CtoVCHISD/HtoVCHISD/ItoVCHISD/StoVCHISD/
            DtoVCHISD/*toVCHISD>
FAXSP:     Fax maximum speed [AUTO or 0, 2400, 4800, 7200, 9600, 12000,
           14400 bps]
           <Only for TYPE:VtoCHISD/CtoVCHISD/HtoVCHISD/ItoVCHISD/StoVCHISD/
            DtoVCHISD/*toVCHISD>
MODSP:     Modem maximum speed [AUTO or 0, 2400, 4800, 7200, 9600, 12000,
           14400 bps]
           <Only for TYPE:VtoCHISD/CtoVCHISD/HtoVCHISD/ItoVCHISD/StoVCHISD/
            DtoVCHISD/*toVCHISD>
FMLVL:     Output volume of Fax/Data signal [Sys, -18..-3 dBm]
           <Only for TYPE:VtoCHISD/CtoVCHISD/HtoVCHISD/ItoVCHISD/StoVCHISD/
            DtoVCHISD/*toVCHISD>
FMDJ:      Fax/Data default jitter buffer size [Sys, 0..1000 ms]
           <Only for TYPE:VtoCHISD/CtoVCHISD/HtoVCHISD/ItoVCHISD/StoVCHISD/
            DtoVCHIDS/*toVCHISD>
FMMJ:      Fax/Data maximum jitter buffer size [Sys, 0..1000 ms]
           <Only for TYPE:VtoCHISD/CtoVCHISD/HtoVCHISD/ItoVCHISD/StoVCHISD/
            DtoVCHIDS/*toVCHISD>
ECM:       Enable/disable ECM (Error Correcting Mode) for fax [NO, YES, Sys]
           <Only for TYPE:VtoCHISD/CtoVCHISD/HtoVCHISD/ItoVCHISD/StoVCHISD/
            DtoVCHISD/*toVCHISD>
SP:        Voice compression bit rate [5300, 6000, 6300, 6400, 7200, 8000,
           8800, 9600, 11200, 13200, 13340, 15200, 16000, 18400, 24000,
           24800, 32000, 40000, 64000 bps]
           <Only for TYPE:VtoCHISD/CtoVCHISD/HtoVCIHSD/ItoVCHISD/StoVCHISD/
            DtoVCHISD/*toVCHISD>
SC:        Silence compression [NO, YES, Sys]
           <Only for TYPE:VtoCHISD/CtoVCIHSD/HtoVCHISD/ItoVCHISD/StoVCHISD/
            DtoVCHIDS/*toVCHISD>
DJ:        Default jitter buffer size.
           <Only for TYPE:VtoCHISD/CtoVCHISD/HtoVCHISD/ItoVCHISD/StoVCHISD/
            DtoVCHIDS/*toVCHISD>
           - For TYPE:VtoCHISD/HtoVCHISD/ItoVCHISD/StoVCHISD/DtoVCHIDS: [Sys,
             0..1000 msec]
           - For TYPE:CtoVCHISD/*toVCHISD: [*, Sys, 0..1000 ms]
           It must be minor or equal to MJ:.
MJ:        Maximum jitter buffer size.
           <Only for TYPE:VtoCHISD/CtoVCHISD/HtoVCHISD/ItoVCHISD/StoVCHISD/
            DtoVCHIDS/*toVCHISD>
           - For TYPE:VtoCHISD/HtoVCHISD/ItoVCHISD/StoVCHISD/DtoVCHIDS: [Sys,
             0..1000 msec]
           - For TYPE:CtoVCHISD/*toVCHISD: [*, Sys, 0..1000 ms]
           It must be major or equal to DJ:.
CODERS:    Allowed coders.
           <Only for TYPE:VtoCHISD/CtoVCHISD/HtoVCHISD/ItoVCHISD/StoVCHISD/
            DtoVCHISD/*toVCHISD>
           - For TYPE:CtoCHISD/HtoCHISD/ItoCHISD/DtoCHISD/*toCHISD: [* or Sys
             or NONE or a list of one or more coder values (see below)].
           - For TYPE:VtoCHISD/CHISDtoV/*toV: [Sys or NONE or a list of one or
             more coder values (see below)]
           The available coders are [Transp, G.711, G.726, G.727, GSM6.10,
           Spirit, G.723.1, G.729A, ILBC, SPEEX, G.711A, G.711u]. Values can be
           joined using "," operator. The position in the list defines the
           preference order. The right-most value is the one with the lowest
           preference.
SPOUT:     Maximum preferred/allowed bit rate for the audio coder on output
           side of direct transcoding [*, 5300, 6000, 6300, 6400, 7200, 8000,
           8800, 9600, 11200, 13200, 13340, 15200, 16000, 18400, 24000,
           24800, 32000, 40000, 64000 bps]
           <Only for TYPE:CtoCHISD/HtoCHISD/ItoCHISD/StoCHISD/DtoCHISD/
            *toVCHISD>
SCOUT:     Silence compression output [NO, YES, Sys, *]
           <Only for TYPE:CtoCHISD/HtoCHISD/ItoCHISD/StoCHISD/DtoCHISD/
            *toVCHISD>
DJOUT:     Default jitter buffer size output [*, Sys, 0..1000 ms]
           It must be minor or equal to MJOUT:.
           <Only for TYPE:CtoCHISD/HtoCHISD/ItoCHISD/StoCHISD/DtoCHISD/
            *toVCHISD>
MJOUT:     Maximum jitter buffer size output [*, Sys, 0..1000 ms]
           It must be major or equal to DJOUT:.
           <Only for TYPE:CtoCHISD/HtoCHISD/ItoCHISD/StoCHISD/DtoCHISD/
            *toVCHISD>
CODERSOUT: Preferred list of coders for THIS routing offered to called side
           [* or Sys or NONE or *,Sys or a list of one or more coder values
           (see below) or *,list]
           The available coders are [Transp, G.711, G.726, G.727, GSM6.10,
           Spirit, G.723.1, G.729A, ILBC, SPEEX, G.711A, G.711u]. Values can be
           joined using "," operator. The position in the list defines the
           preference order. The right-most value is the one with the lowest
           preference.
           <Only for TYPE:CtoCHISD/HtoCHISD/ItoCHISD/StoCHISD/DtoCHISD/
            *toVCHISD>
TI1:..TI5: Time interval in the format "day,hh:mm-hh:mm", where 'day' can be:
           - a single day of the week [MO, TU, WE, TH, FR, SA, SU] or
           - a set of days of the week (E.g.: MO+TH or TU+TH+SU) or
           - an interval of days of the week (E.g.: MO-WE or TH-SU) or
           - "ALL".
           Use "#" to disable the time interval.

	Note
	The ? character has to be separated by one or more spaces from the previous word.

A filter can be applied when asking help to semplify the search of information about a single parameter:

[20:00:02] ABILIS_CPX:d p ip-1 ? nat diffserv vrrp

Ip-1 (IP over LAN) resource parameter(s):

NAT:       NAT usage [NO, INSIDE, OUTSIDE]
DIFFSERV:  Differentiated Services Field (DS) management [NO, NET, BORDER]
VRRP:      Enable/disable VRRP [NO, YES]

[20:00:25] ABILIS_CPX:

[20:02:58] ABILIS_CPX:d user: ? sip-busy-nochan

D USER:val [<section>]        Display Users Access Control table's entries

USER:name     User name. Max. 32 ASCII characters.
USER:A        All entries of the Users Access Control table
USER:ALL      All entries of the Users Access Control table
<section>     Select the service section to be displayed between     <Optional>
              [OPC, PPP, FTP, HTTP, MAIL, IAX, SIP]. The specified section
              is displayed only if the related service is enabled.

User's parameter(s):

SIP-BUSY-NOCHAN: Return BUSY cause instead of NOCHAN [NO, IN, OUT, BOTH]

Besides, a help section is present:

[14:13:23] ABILIS_CPX:help ?

HELP <topic>                  Display detailed help on a specified topic

Defined topics:

ISDN                Help on ISDN topics
INTERNET            Help on INTERNET topics
SS                  Supplementary services
TIMEZONES           List of supported time zones

[14:13:26] ABILIS_CPX:help isdn ?

ATTRIBUTES     ISDN number attributes
VALUES         Details on meaning of special values

[14:13:30] ABILIS_CPX:help internet ?

PORTS          List of assigned TCP/UDP ports
PROTOCOLS      List of assigned Internet protocols

[14:13:36] ABILIS_CPX:help ss ?

KEYCODES       Supplementary services keycodes

[14:13:42] ABILIS_CPX:help timezones ?

HELP TIMEZONES           Show the list of supported time zones