3-4 Sun Blade 150 Service Manual • June 2002
3. In a shell window on the second Sun workstation, type tip hardwire.
The terminal (shell) window on the second workstation becomes a TIP window
directed to the serial port of the workstation under test. When power is applied to
the workstation under test, POST messages are displayed in this shell window.
3.3.2 Disconnecting a TIP Connection
When POST is completed, disconnect the TIP connection as follows:
1. Open another shell window at the second workstation.
2. Type ps -a to view the active TIP line and process ID (PID) number.
3. Type the following to disconnect the TIP hardwire process.
3.3.3 Verifying the Baud Rate
To verify the baud rate between the tested system and a terminal or another Sun
workstation monitor:
1. Open a terminal (shell) window.
2. Type eeprom.
3. Verify the following serial port default settings:
Note – Ensure that the settings are consistent with TTY-type terminal or
workstation monitor settings.
% tip hardwire
connected
% kill -9 PID#
tty-mode = 9600,8,n,1