Connect-IM Cmdlet
Parameters Output Objects Configuration Settings
The Connect-IM cmdlet is used to create a persistent connection object.
Syntax
$cnn = Connect-IM [parameters]
Remarks
This cmdlet allows you to create a persistent connection object to be used with related cmdlets.When executing the cmdlet a connection object is returned. Pass this object to the Connection parameter of related cmdlets to use the newly created connection object.
To disconnect call Disconnect-IM.
Parameter List
The following is the full list of the parameters of the cmdlet with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
LogFile | The location of a file to which debug information is written. |
AuthDomain | The domain under which the user will be authenticated. |
AuthenticationMechanism | Controls how the component authenticates itself with the XMPP Server . |
CertPassword | The password to the certificate store. |
CertStore | The name of the certificate store for the client certificate. |
CertStoreType | The type of certificate store for the client certificate. |
CertSubject | The subject of the certificate used for client authentication. |
Config | Specifies one or more configuration settings. |
Credential | The PSCredential object to use for user/password authentication. |
FirewallHost | Name or IP address of firewall. |
FirewallPassword | A password if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall. |
FirewallPort | The port of the firewall to which to connect. |
FirewallType | Determines the type of firewall to connect through. |
FirewallUser | A user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall. |
Force | Forces the component to accept the default behavior instead of querying the user. |
LocalIP | The IP address of the local interface to use. |
LogFile | The location of a file to which debug information is written. |
Password | The password to use for authentication. |
Port | The TCP port in the remote host to which to connect. |
Server | The address of the Server. |
ServerDomain | The XMPP server's domain. |
SSL | Determines how the component starts SSL negotiation. |
SSLAccept | The encoded public key of the certificate which is to be trusted explicitly. |
Timeout | The maximum time allowed for the operation. |
User | The username to use for authentication. |
UserDomain | Gets or sets the domain value used for Jabber IDs. |
Output Objects
The following is the full list of the output objects returned by the cmdlet with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
IMConnection | The connection object. |
Configuration Settings
The following is a list of configuration settings for the cmdlet with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
AccessToken | The OAuth access token used for authentication. |
BlockSize | Specifies the block size for file transfers. |
ClientId | The OAuth client Id used for authentication. |
MessageXML | Returns the last root-level element received by the component. |
Overwrite | Specifies whether or not to overwrite received files. |
ParseHTML | Tells XMPP whether or not to parse MessageHTML when it's set. |
RetrieveRoster | Whether to automatically retrieve the roster when logging in. |
SendSubscriptionResponse | Determines whether a response will be sent to a Subscription Request. |
UseCompression | Specified whether or not stream compression is used. |
ConnectionTimeout | Sets a separate timeout value for establishing a connection. |
FirewallAutoDetect | Tells the component whether or not to automatically detect and use firewall system settings, if available. |
FirewallHost | Name or IP address of firewall (optional). |
FirewallPassword | Password to be used if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall. |
FirewallPort | The TCP port for the FirewallHost;. |
FirewallType | Determines the type of firewall to connect through. |
FirewallUser | A user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall. |
KeepAliveInterval | The retry interval, in milliseconds, to be used when a TCP keep-alive packet is sent and no response is received. |
KeepAliveTime | The inactivity time in milliseconds before a TCP keep-alive packet is sent. |
Linger | When set to True, connections are terminated gracefully. |
LingerTime | Time in seconds to have the connection linger. |
LocalHost | The name of the local host through which connections are initiated or accepted. |
LocalPort | The port in the local host where the component binds. |
MaxLineLength | The maximum amount of data to accumulate when no EOL is found. |
MaxTransferRate | The transfer rate limit in bytes per second. |
ProxyExceptionsList | A semicolon separated list of hosts and IPs to bypass when using a proxy. |
TCPKeepAlive | Determines whether or not the keep alive socket option is enabled. |
TcpNoDelay | Whether or not to delay when sending packets. |
UseIPv6 | Whether to use IPv6. |
AbsoluteTimeout | Determines whether timeouts are inactivity timeouts or absolute timeouts. |
FirewallData | Used to send extra data to the firewall. |
InBufferSize | The size in bytes of the incoming queue of the socket. |
OutBufferSize | The size in bytes of the outgoing queue of the socket. |
BuildInfo | Information about the product's build. |
CodePage | The system code page used for Unicode to Multibyte translations. |
LicenseInfo | Information about the current license. |
UseInternalSecurityAPI | Tells the component whether or not to use the system security libraries or an internal implementation. |