Use PowerShell to connect to MBM

Explains how to leverage PowerShell to connect to your MBM.

Remote Administration

You can configure your MinnowBoard Max (MBM) running Windows Athens using PowerShell. PowerShell is a task-based command-line shell and scripting language, designed especially for system administration.

Initiate a PowerShell session

To start a PowerShell session with your MBM, you’ll first need to create an administrator account and add your MBM to your trusted host list. To do this, first, start a telnet connection leveraging the Athens Watcher utility from the Visual Studio VM. Select your Athens device, right click on it, and select ‘Telnet Here’. (You can also start telnet from the command line and use the Athens device name or IP address). Log in into the machine with no username or password.

From the telnet session, type:

  net user <username> <password> /add
  net localgroup Administrators <username> /add

Next, on your local PC, start PowerShell console app in administrator mode and type:

  Set-Item WSMan:\localhost\Client\TrustedHosts -Value <MBM-name or IP Address>

Now, you can start a session with you MBM:

  $s=New-PSSession -computername <MBM Name/IP Address> -credential <username> 
  Enter-PSSession $s

Now, you can interact with the device to configure it or run PowerShell scripts as needed.

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