How To Check Your BlackBox Status Using Telnet – MagicLogic

Overview

You can use Telnet to check the status of your BlackBox service to verify that is it up and running along with if it is registered.

Any supported version of BlackBox software, installed as a Windows Service on a network-available machine.
Telnet client and server software installed on the computer where the BlackBox service is running.

Open a command prompt on the machine where your BlackBox service is running.
Type telnet 127.0.0.1 <port> where <port> is the port number your BlackBox service is listening on.
This will open a Telnet session with the local server.
Type status and press Enter (you may not see the characters appear on the screen).
In response, you should receive the status information of the BlackBox as shown below.
To close the Telnet session, press Ctrl + ] and type quit.