######### Start up an Expect session ################
   my $exp=Expect->new;
   $exp->raw_pty(0);
   $exp->stty('sane');
   print "exp settings:".$exp->stty('-a')."<<<----\n";
   $exp->spawn("telnet $dev->{IP}");
   $exp->log_file("$dev->{DEVICE_CONF_PATH}/$dev->{IP}.log");
   if($DEBUG){
      $exp->log_stdout(1);
   }