Serial Port Properties - Telnet or TCP Connection

If you select the Telnet or TCP connection method, you need to define the following:

Socket Options

Set the Keepalives check box to use keepalives to detect the loss of the terminal server. Clear the check box if you do not want to use keepalives to detect the loss of the terminal server.

Set the TCP Nodelay check box if you want to set the Nodelay flag on the socket. Clear the check box if you do not want to set the Nodelay flag.

IP Address

IP address of the terminal server.

TCP Port

Port number of the TCP port on the terminal server.

Linger Time

Time in seconds to wait after closing the socket before aborting the socket.

Telnet Connect Wait

Time in seconds to wait for the Telnet protocol to initialize.

Connect Timeout

Time in seconds to wait for the TCP connection to form.

Reconnect Delay

Time in seconds to wait before attempting to reconnect to a device.

If you set this value to zero and the terminal server is not available, no attempts will be made to reconnect to the terminal server.

More information

SEA port configuration.