The following procedure provides steps to use the system shell. Examples provided use the PuTTY terminal emulation program.

Prerequisites:

  • You have physical access to the controller.
  • You have a USB cable that connects to your PC and to both: (a) MicroUSB port on a SLX-8000, AND (b) USB-C port on a SLX-9000.
  1. Connect the USB cable between the controller’s DEBUG port and the USB port you are using on your PC.
  1. On your PC, start your terminal emulation software. To start PuTTY from the Windows Start menu for example, this is typically Programs PuTTY.
  1. In the PuTTY Configuration tree, expand Connection and click Serial.
  1. Set the serial line to connect to your PC’s (USB) COM port, for example, COM3. You can examine Ports in Windows Device Manager to determine which serial port is in use on the PC.
  1. Set the Configure the serial line properties as follows:
  • Speed (baud): 115200
  • Data bits: 8
  • Stop bits: 1
  • Parity: None
  • Flow control: None
  1. In the PuTTY Configuration tree, click Session and then click the Connection type as Serial.
  1. (Optional) You can When you start PuTTY again to serially connect to the SLX, select this name and click Load.
  1. (Optional) To save this configuration and reuse (load) it in a future PuTTY to controller serial session, type in a connection name in the Saved Sessions property (for example, “SerialController- Connect”) and click Save.
  1. At the bottom of the PuTTY Configuration window, click Open.
  • A terminal window opens. NOTICE! If you do not see a login prompt, press the Enter key and it should display a login prompt in the window.
  1. At the login prompt, enter a platform user name and password, and, if prompted, enter the platform’s system passphrase.
  1. When finished making platform changes from the system shell, the following options become available:
  • If no changes occured or reboot is not necessary, type L to Logout.
  • If changes require rebooting, select the Reboot option, type y at the Are you sure you want to reboot [y/n] prompt, and press Enter.
  • The terminal (PuTTY) window displays shutdown-related text.
  1. Select the Close control (upper right corner) in the terminal session (PuTTY) window and click OK in the PuTTY Exit Confirmation popup window.
  1. Unplug the USB connector from the SLX’s DEBUG port.