71.1. How to enter into the Abilis control-program

The Abilis control-program can be reached in the following ways:

71.1.1. How to enter into the Abilis control-program through the TELNET protocol

The Eth-1 port is activated by default with the following configuration:

  • IP Resource: IP-1

  • IP Address: 192.168.1.1

  • IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

The TELNET server is activated by default.

  1. Connect an Ethernet RJ-45 straight cable from the Abilis Eth-1 port to a hub or switch, while making sure that your PC is also connected to the same hub or switch. It's also possible to connect an Ethernet RJ-45 cross cable from the Abilis Eth-1 port to your PC.

  2. Configure your PC with a free IP address in the 192.168.1.0/24 network (e.g. IP:192.168.1.2, Mask:255.255.255.0).

  3. Run a TELNET client (e.g. The Windows Command Prompt, Windows HyperTerminal, Zoc, Putty, etc) and connect to the Abilis IP address 192.168.1.1: the Abilis Control Port will appear.

    In a Windows O.S. the easiest way to reach TELNET is to go to the Start Menu and choose Run; in the box which comes up, type telnet 192.168.1.1 and press the return key or click the OK button: the Abilis Control Port will appear.

71.1.2. How to enter into the Abilis control-program through the serial-asynchronous port of the Abilis

The serial-asynchronous port (PAD-1) is activated by default.

  1. Connect an asynchronous RS232/V24 Null-Modem cable (DB9F-DB9F or DB9F-DB25F) from the Abilis asynchronous port (PAD-1) to the serial DB9 or DB25 male connector of your PC.

  2. Run a terminal emulator program (e.g. Windows HyperTeminal, Zoc, Putty, etc) and configure it with the following characteristics:

    • Emulation: TTY or VT100

    • Speed (bits per second): 9600

    • Data bits: 8

    • Stop bits: None

    • Parity: 1

    • Flow Control: None

  3. When the PAD local port prompt appears (CPX/PAD1), type 00-cp: the Abilis Control Port will appear.

71.1.3. How to enter into the Abilis control-program through the SSH protocol

The Eth-1 port is activated by default with the following configuration:

  • IP Resource: IP-1

  • IP Address: 192.168.1.1

  • IP Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

The SSH server isn't activated by default; to activate it, refer to Section 71.22, “How to activate the Abilis SSH server”.

  1. Connect an Ethernet RJ-45 straight cable from the Abilis Eth-1 port to a hub or switch, while making sure that your PC is also connected to the same hub or switch. It's also possible to connect an Ethernet RJ-45 cross cable from the Abilis Eth-1 port to your PC.

  2. Configure your PC with a free IP address in the 192.168.1.0/24 network (e.g. IP:192.168.1.2, Mask:255.255.255.0).

  3. Run a SSH client (e.g. the Zoc, Putty, etc) and connect to the Abilis IP address 192.168.1.1 using the username “root” (by default the password is empty): the Abilis Control Port will appear.

71.1.4. How to enter into the Abilis control-program through an ISDN connection

The X25-999 resource is activated by default and it's used to receive a remote ISDN connection.

Let's see how to configure “Abilis 1” and how to connect to “Abilis 2”.

Physical connections:

  • Verify that an ISDN card (QPRIX, PB44X, BRI-HFC4, BRI-HFC8) is installed in both Abilis. If the card isn't present, insert it in a free PCI slot.

  • Connect the ISDN card to NT devices.

Enter into the Abilis-1 control-program (through TELNET, SSH or the serial-asynchronous port) or open the configuration file with the Console configurator and type the following commands.

 Configure the ISDN port towards ISDN lines.
a res:x25-1 subtype:bchAdd a “X25 over B-Channel” resource.
s p x25-1 cgo:01234567 cdo:01765432Configure in the CGO parameter the ISDN number of “Abilis 1” and in the CDO parameter the ISDN number of “Abilis 2”.
s p x25-1 sgi:DISABLED sgo:CPISDNConfigure the input and output calling sub-addresses.
s p x25-1 x25:dceConfigure the DCE behavior of the X25-1 port.
s r pr:0 cdi:00Configure the routing toward the Control Port.
a r pr:1 in:* out:x25-1 cdi:221 cdo:*Add a X25 routing toward the X25-1 port. The value 221 in the CDI parameter corresponds to X25-1 port.
save confSave the configuration.

On a working Abilis, a system restart is required to make the X25-1 resource running.

After Abilis restart, enter into the Abilis control-program and connect to “Abilis 2” using the following commands.

[12:18:17] ABILIS_1:           <--- type the combination Ctrl+P to access to TELNET server prompt of “Abilis 1”.

[192.168.1.1] TELNETS>clr

CLR 00 00

[192.168.1.1] TELNETS>221-cp    <--- connect to “Abilis 2” through the X25-1 resource.
COM

Abilis CPX - Ver. 8.0.2/STD - Build 3961.6 - Branch 8.0 - Abilis-ID 800733
Wednesday 20/05/2015 09:01:10 (UTC+2.00)
Login:super
Password:
Logged as SUPERUSER

[12:19:05] ABILIS_2:

To go back to “Abilis 1” prompt, type the following commands.

[12:19:47] ABILIS_2:           <--- type the combination Ctrl+P to access to TELNET server prompt of “Abilis 1”.

[192.168.1.1] TELNETS>clr

CLR 00 00

[192.168.1.1] TELNETS>00-cp   <--- connect to “Abilis 1” Control Port.
COM

Abilis CPX - Ver. 8.0.2/STD - Build 3961.6 - Branch 8.0 - Abilis-ID 800733
Wednesday 20/05/2015 09:01:10 (UTC+2.00)
Login:super
Password:
Logged as SUPERUSER

[12:20:10] ABILIS_1:
[Note]Note

Please refer to Section 71.23, “How to open a TELNET connection from Abilis” to know how to access Telnet client of remote Abilis when using ISDN.