Digi Connect IT 16 User Manual

Applications Digidevice module
Digi Connect IT® 16/48 User Guide
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Help for using Python to execute Connect IT 16/48 CLI commands
Get help executing a CLI command from Python by accessing help for cli.execute:
1. Log into the Connect IT 16/48 command line as a user with shell access.
Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection
menu. Type shell to access the device shell.
2. At the shell prompt, use the python command with no parameters to enter an interactive
Python session:
# python
Python 3.6.12 (default, Jan 11 2021, 10:25:21)
[GCC 8.3.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>
3. Import the cli submodule:
>>> from digidevice import cli
>>>
4. Use the help command with cli.execute:
>>> help(cli.execute)
Help on function execute in module digidevice.cli:
execute(command, timeout=5)
Execute a CLI command with the timeout specified returning the results.
...
5. Use Ctrl-D to exit the Python session. You can also exit the session using exit() or quit().
Use digidevice.datapoint to upload custom datapoints to Digi
Remote Manager
Use the datapoint Python module to upload custom datapoints to Digi Remote Manager.
The following characteristics can be defined for a datapoint:
n Stream ID
n Value
n (Optional) Data type
l integer
l long
l float
l double
l string
l binary
n Units (optional)
n Timestamp (optional)

Digi Connect IT 16 Specifications

General

Brand	Digi
Model	Connect IT 16
Category	Server
Language	English