GFK-2572 Chapter 1 Introduction 1-3
Initial Prompt
After connecting a computer to the Command Line Interface, the following prompt appears:
device-name>
The device-name is the PROFINET Device Name of the module. If the device has not been
named yet, the device name is an empty character string “”.
The > indicates the Command Line Interface session is in the Monitor access level, which provides
a limited set of commands. Changing to Modify access level enables use of a greater number of
commands. In the Modify access level, the prompt changes to: =
Entering Parameter Values
Parameter values must be alphanumeric characters, except for a few special commands that are
specified in the command descriptions. Parameters can be passed in single quotes or double
quotes.
Keyboard Shortcuts
Some useful keyboard shortcuts include:
Ctrl –a jump to beginning of line.
Ctrl –e jump to end of line.
Ctrl-k cut remainder of line.
Ctrl-f move cursor forward one character.
Ctrl-b move cursor back one character.
Up / down cycle between previously used commands
The help edit command lists all command line editing shortcuts.