Modes Of Operation, Sis Configuration And Control; Modes Of Operation; Manual Control Mode (Ipl Exp Pdu4H Only); Sis-Over-Ssh Mode - Extron electronics IPL EXP Series User Manual

Modes of Operation,

SIS Configuration and Control
This section of the guide is divided into the following topics:
•
Modes of Operation
• SIS Configuration and Control
Modes of Operation
The IPL EXP Power Series units have three control modes:
•

Manual control mode (IPL EXP PDU4H only)

•
Simple Instruction Set (SIS)-over-SSH mode
•
Secure Platform Device (SPD) mode
One additional way to control and monitor the unit is to connect to the LAN port and use controls in the embedded
web page.
Manual Control Mode (IPL EXP PDU4H only)
In manual control mode the Manual Control contact closure ports and a keypad or switch are used for basic on-
and-off control of the switched AC power output ports.
• This mode is enabled at all times.
•
The IPL EXP PDU4H does not need to be configured, nor connected to a network, in order to control the on
or off state of the AC output ports.
•
Manual control takes precedence over the other two operation modes.

SIS-Over-SSH Mode

SIS-over-SSH mode allows the user to perform basic configuration and control of the IPL EXP Power Expansion
Interface and it allows non-Extron devices to communicate with the unit by using Simple Instruction Set
commands. This mode requires a network connection and an SSH client program using port 22023.
SIS-over-SSH permits you to set basic unit settings and send information queries to the unit. See
and Configuration
• This mode is enabled at the factory and is enabled by default.
•
It allows non-Extron devices to use Ethernet communication to command the IPL EXP.
• It is disabled by SPD mode
Once the unit is configured or programmed as part of an Extron control system (when you deploy a Global
Configurator or ControlScript Pro xi project that includes the IPL EXP unit), the SIS-over-SSH mode is disabled
and the SPD mode is automatically enabled.
When SIS-over-SSH mode is disabled, all SIS-over-SSH requests (aside from the query about the current mode
of operation) are unsuccessful, and the unit returns error code 37: Invalid command while in SPD mode. The SIS
command to query the operation mode of the IPL EXP is a query only, not a command to set the mode.
To re-enable the SIS-over-SSH mode of operation, you must clear or remove pairing information from the IPL EXP
by:
• Applying a Toolbelt reset to the unit
• Removing the paired primary controller information from the IPL EXP
•
Performing a Full Factory Reset
on page 25 for details on the SIS commands.
IPL EXP Power Series • Modes of Operation, SIS Control and Configuration
System
tab in Toolbelt
SIS Control
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