Planet XGS-6311 Series - Terminal Setup

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4. Terminal Setup
To congure the system, connect a serial cable to a COM port on a PC or
notebook computer and to serial (console) port of the Managed Switch. The
console port of the Managed Switch is DCE already, so that you can connect
theconsoleportdirectlythroughPCwithouttheneedofNullModem.
Managed Switch
PC / Workstation
with
Terminal Emulation Software
Serial Port
RS232 to RJ45 Cable
Console Port
RJ45
Figure 4-1 Managed Switch Console Connectivity
A terminal program is required to make the software connection to the
Managed Switch. Tera Term program may be a good choice. The Tera Term
canbeaccessedfromtheStart menu.
1. Click START menu, then Programs, andthenTera Term.
2.When the followingscreen appears, makesure that the COM port should be
conguredas:
Baud:9600
Parity:None
Databits:8
Stopbits:1
Flowcontrol:None
Figure 4-2 Tera Term COM Port Conguration