2-6General Control CommandsopenTo open a controller, use the open command. The opencommand prepares a particular controller for access by the CLI. Ifyou specify this command when another controller is open duringa particular command session, the CLI closes the currently openedcontroller and then opens the specified controller.Syntaxopen [/readonly{=boolean}][/domain{=string}] {string}Parameters{string}Specifies the computer name and the controller you want toopen. For the string, use the standard format\\nodename\AACn, where n is the controller number.For local controllers, you can omit the \\nodename in thestring specification.If the computer name has a dash (-) in the name (for example,proj-athena), enclose the entire string within quotes. Forexample:“\\proj-athena\aac0”Switches/readonly{=boolean}Specifies whether to open the controller for read-only access.A value of TRUE indicates the CLI opens the controller forread-only access.If you do not specify this switch, it defaults to /readonly=FALSE (which means the CLI opens thecontroller for read/write access).Note that if you open the controller with read-only access,you can use only the commands that do not change thecontroller configuration.
