About this book

Abilis CPX devices integrate all services, such as data-exchange, fixed/mobile telephony and building automation. The main built-in components are:

See www.abilis.net for details.

This book is an introduction to Abilis CPX installation, programming and usage. How to get diagnostic information and how to solve problems, too, are described, but all details aren't provided (this book isn't a “technical reference”).

Expected readers

This book is intended for people who want to train themselves as Abilis systems planners and integrators. The underlying requisite is a general knowledge of telecommunication networks and protocols, especially IP and ISDN.

Book structure

This book is composed of five parts.

Typographic conventions

Communication with Abilis CPX is illustrated in this way:

[18:06:39] ABILIS_CPX: d t
Current Local Time        : Friday 15/05/2015 15:32:57 (UTC+2.00)
Local Time Zone           : CET - Central Europe (Rome, Paris, Berlin, Pragu...
Currently Observing       : Daylight Savings Time (DST)
Clock Reference           : SNTP
Clock Reference state     : Working
Clock last synchronized   : 15/05/2015 at 15:23:30 Delta:0 sec.

The communication starts with a prompt, issued by the Abilis, in the above example called “ABILIS_CPX”. User commands follow on the same line (d t is a command to display date and time information). The text after the d t command is information output by the “ABILIS_CPX”.

If commands are presented in normal text, they look like this: d d telnet. Names of configuration parameters, diagnostic fields or statistic counters look like this: KEEPALIVE (uppercase configuration parameters can be modified at run time, that is, while ABILIS is running, while lowercase parameters require a reboot). Named values for configuration parameters look like this: YES.

Additional information can be marked as a “Note”:

[Note]Note

Reasonable typographic conventions facilitate reading.

Good practices or easy-ways to results are marked as a “Tip”:

[Tip]Tip

Reading the Abilis tutorial is the most reliable way to learn the Abilis features.

Actions which may produce unwished effects are marked with “Caution”:

[Caution]Caution

Before entering IPACL instructions, double check not to make yourself filtered out!

Information about actions that can potentially lead to data loss or hardware damage are marked as “Warning”:

[Warning]Warning

Don't pour water into Abilis CPX, its behavior cannot be guaranteed in this case.

Contributors

This tutorial is the result of a collaborative effort of the following contributors (in alphabetical order):

  • Angelo Pignoli

  • Ion Buraga

  • Leo Mantovani

  • Luca Cuzzocrea

  • Luigi Demuro

  • Marco Bellesia

  • Matteo Botteghi

  • Nicola Trevisani

  • Tomáš Klinkovský

Any suggestions or comments can be sent to Abilis technical support ().