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Sensorsoft Alert User Manual 
Appendix B - Controlling the SR6171J 
Sensorsoft Relay using Command Lines 
The SR6171J Sensorsoft Relay can be turned on or off using a command line alert. An example command 
line to turn ON a SR6171J Sensorsoft Relay connected to serial port 4 of the Sensorsoft Alert appliance is: 
scom –Q /bin/SR6171_ON.ini ttyS4 
Similarly, an example of the command line used to turn OFF the SR6171J Sensorsoft Relay connected to 
serial port 4 of the Sensorsoft Alert appliance is: 
scom –Q /bin/SR6171_OFF.ini ttyS4 
In the command lines above, ttyS4 is the name used to access serial port 4. The relay can be connected to 
any serial port on the back of the Alert appliance. As an example, if the relay was connected on serial port 
8, use ttyS8 in the command line. 
IMPORTANT - In order for the above command lines to work, you need to disable 
monitoring on the port where the relay is connected. This is done by clearing the 
Enable Monitoring checkbox in the Port Settings table located at the top of the 
Administration page. 
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