Installation 33
Serial Connection
The RS-232 ports are standard IBM
®
PC DB-9 male connectors. These ports can be used to
connect an external radio modem, or any other serial device. The devices you connect to the
Serial ports usually do not require installing a driver. However, if the serial device requires a
software, please use the original driver provided with the device.
Table 2 details the pin layout of the RS-232 serial connection
LAN Connection
10/100/ and 1000 Base-T Ethernet wire connections to support Local Area Network (LAN).
The Ethernet connections are used for communication with Ethernet devices such as network
cards, access points, storage, etc.
The two LAN1 ports support data transfer rate up to 10/100 Mbps and the LAN2 port
suppor
ts data transfer rate of up to 1000 Mbps.
To connect the CPU Box to the network, connect one end of the LAN cable to the RJ-45
rece
ptacle on the CPU Box and the other end to a network hub.
When the CPU Box is connected, the RJ-45 indicates as
fol
lows:
• Link LED Indicator - steady green when the system has an
avai
lable connection to LAN.
• Active LED Indicator - blinks green when the system is
acce
ssing the LAN.
Table 2
RS-232 Serial Connection - Pin Layout
Pin No. Signal
1 DCD1
2 RX1
3 TX1
4 DTR1
5 GND
6 DSR1
7 RTS1
8 CTS1
9 RI1
Link Indicator
Active Indicator
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