Operation - Black Box Pow-R-Boot 5 Manual

The Pow-R-Boot 5 will transmit "Pow-R-Boot 5 Ready" out of its Control Ports
approximately 8 seconds after it is powered up (turned ON). If the Pow-R-
Boot 5 is connected to a modem, it will also send the "Pow-R-Boot 5 Ready"
message to the modem approximately 8 seconds after each time the modem
detects carrier. This message indicates that the Pow-R-Boot 5 is ready to
receive commands.
The command character-string that you will use to control the PRB 5
consists of eight contiguous (not separated by spaces) ASCII characters. The
first six characters are ASCII control codes that constitute a "fixed password"
that restricts access to the PRB 5 system. The seventh character is the code
for the operation (what you want the Switch to do). The last character in the
command string is an ASCII carriage return ("^M").
1. Establish a connection to the Pow-R-Boot 5. If you are contacting it
across a modem link, the PRB 5 will (unless Quiet Mode is on) wait
for eight seconds after the attached modem raises Carrier Detect,
then respond with the "Pow-R-Boot 5 Ready" message.
2. Send the ASCII command string for what you want the Pow-R-Switch
system to do. (When you send the string, the PRB 5's DATA INPUT
LED should light.) The command string must be in this format:
^B^X^X^B^X^Xn^M
Where:
^B^X^X^B^X^X

4. Operation

is the Pow-R-Switch's fixed password.
"^B" is an abbreviation for the [CTRL] [B]
character (the ASCII control code [STX]
that you can generate by pressing the
[CTRL] and [B] keys simultaneously).
"^X" is an abbreviation for the [CTRL] [X]
character (the ASCII control code [CAN]
that you can generate by pressing the
[CTRL] and [X] keys simultaneously).
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