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V6100 and V7122 User Guide
Establishing a Serial Communications Link with the V7122
Use serial communication software (e.g., HyperTerminal
TM
) to establish a serial
communications link with the V7122 via the RS-232 connection. You can use this link to
change the networking parameters (
Assigning an IP Address Using the CLI ) and to receive
error / notification messages.
An RS-232 connector isn’t available on the TP-260 board.
To establish a serial communications link with the V7122 via the RS-232 port:
1
Connect the RS-232 port to your PC (For the V7122 / TP-1610, see Connecting the RS-
232 Port to Your PC . For the V6100, see Connecting the V6100 RS-232 Port to Your
PC ).
2 Use a serial communication software (e.g., HyperTerminal
TM
) with the following
communications port settings:
ƒ
Baud Rate: 115,200 bps
ƒ
Data bits: 8
ƒ
Parity: None
ƒ
Stop bits: 1
ƒ
Flow control: None
After resetting the gateway, the information, shown in Figure 93 , appears on the
terminal screen. This information can be used to determine possible V7122
initialization problems, such as incorrectly defined (or undefined) local IP address,
subnet mask, etc.
Figure 93
RS-232 Status and Error Messages
MAC address = 00-90-8F-01-00-9E
Local IP address = 10.1.37.6
Subnet mask = 255.255.0.0
Default gateway IP address = 10.1.1.5
TFTP server IP address = 10.1.1.167
Boot file name = ram35136.cmp
INI file name = gateway.ini
Call agent IP address = 10.1.1.18
Log server IP address = 0.0.0.0
Full/Half Duplex state = HALF DUPLEX
Flash Software Burning state = OFF
Serial Debug Mode = OFF
Lan Debug Mode = OFF
BootLoad Version 1.75
Starting TFTP download... Done.
V7122 Version 4.60.00