Jon, Don't confuse the telnet daemon with the telnet tool. The tool lets you specify any port to connect to using tcp.
So. telnet localhost 80 will connect the http server. telnet localhost 25 will connect to the mail server. Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Elson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 1:15 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Running EMC2 from another, local app > Glenn R. Edwards wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Awhile back, EMC2 v2.1.1, I was successful in commanding EMC2 from a >> terminal window using commands such as 'telnet localhost 5007' and >> 'axis-remote'. 'Telnet' opens a variety of commands to EMC2 (through >> emcrsh) and 'axis-remote' allows shutdown (and a just few others). Now, >> with v2.2.3, telnet is not working. Here is what I get (I first start >> 'emc' >> in another terminal): >> >> ~$ telnet localhost 5007 >> Trying 127.0.0.1... >> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused >> ~$ > This most certainly is not an EMC problem, but a network setup > problem. Chances are you don't have telnet server running on > the EMC machine. Telnet is a pretty deprecated service, and may > not be enabled by default anymore. Can you use ssh? ssh is > served by the sshd daemon, I forget what the name of the telnet > daemon is (inetd, xinetd ?) > > On the EMC machine, type : > > telnet localhost > > If you get the same "refused" message, the machine is not > serving telnet requests, and you'll have to enable the server. > I don't know enough about the way you set up your system to > advise further. > > Jon > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users