Introduction; Document Conventions; Syntax; Examples - impinj RShell Reference Manual

1 Introduction

The Speedway Revolution reader's Command Line Interface (CLI) is called RShell, it can be
accessed after logging in via a serial, Telnet, or an SSH connection. The CLI can be used to
configure, maintain and acquire status of an RFID reader.

2 Document Conventions

2.1.1

Syntax

The following markings are used throughout this document:
[] – optional
() – grouping
| - either
<> - placeholder
– (reduced size +bold) a literal term
Literal
Syntax example:
Usage: command1 [<paramA> (on|off)]
Would indicate that command1 had optional parameters, if paramA is specified, it must be
followed by 'on' or 'off'.
2.1.2

Examples

Throughout this reference manual code examples are provided, to help differentiate from
descriptive text the code is shown in a fixed font. Furthermore, in the examples the input is
shown in bold. In the following example 'help help' is typed, the remainder is the reader's
response.
> help help
help - Displays this help message.
Usage: help [<subcommand>]

3 Overview

Users may navigate to any of the menus simply by entering the menu name at the RShell prompt,
as shown below:
> show network
show network >
For machine execution, all commands can be called from the root menu. For example:
> show network
show network> dns
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