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5. Usage
The B050-000 features an embedded operating system and applications offering a variety of standardized interfaces. This
chapter will describe both these interfaces and the way to use them in a more detailed manner. The interfaces are accessed
using the TCP/IP protocol, thus they can be accessed using the built-in Ethernet adapter.
The following interfaces are supported:
HTTP/HTTPS:
Full access is provided by the embedded web server. The B050-000 environment can be entirely managed using
a standard web browser. You can access the B050-000 using the unsecured HTTP protocol or using the encrypted
HTTPS protocol. Whenever possible, use HTTPS.
Telnet:
A standard Telnet client can be used to access an arbitrary device connected to the B050-000's serial port via a
terminal mode.
SSH:
The B050-000 also offers SSH (Secure Shell) access as a secure alternative to Telnet.
The primary interface of the B050-000 is the HTTP interface. This is covered extensively in this chapter. Other
interfaces are addressed in subtopics. In order to use the Remote Console window of your managed host system, the
browser has to come with a Java Runtime Environment version 1.1 or higher. If the browser does not have any Java
support (such as on a small handheld device), you are still able to maintain your remote host system using the
administration forms displayed by the browser itself.
Note: We recommend you install Sun JVM 1.4.
For an unsecured connection to the B050-000 we can recommend the following web browsers:
• Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.0 or higher on Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000 and
Windows XP
• Netscape Navigator 7.0, Mozilla 1.6 and Mozilla Firefox on Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows
2000, Windows XP, Linux and other UNIX-like Operating Systems
In order to access the remote host system using a securely encrypted connection, you need a browser that supports the
HTTPS protocol. Strong security is only assured by using a key length of 128 Bit. Some of the old browsers do not have
a strong 128 Bit encryption algorithm. Using the Internet Explorer, open the menu entry “?” and “Info” to read about the
key length that is currently activated.
Prerequisites