ADIC FCR 200, Operator'S Manual

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Communicating with the FCR200 6-7
Setting Up Serial Port
Communications
Leave the FCR200 turned off until you have set up serial port
communications with your host computer.
To set up serial communications with the FCR200:
1 Plug the serial cable provided with the FCR200 into
one of your computer’s serial ports (for example,
COM1 or COM2) and the FCR200’s serial port.
2 Start your terminal interface program.
3 Set the terminal interface program to use the
appropriate COM port.
4 Specify the following settings for the port:
• Baud rate: 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, or 115200
• Data bits: 8
• Parity: None
• Stop bits: 1
• Flow control: None
5 Power on the FCR200.
Table 6-1 Connection Properties
Type Setting
Baud rate 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600,
or 115200
a
a. For more information on the Autobaud feature, refer to
Chapter 4.
Date bits 8
Parity None
Stop bits 1
Flow control None
Note
Before powering
on the FCR200,
make sure all the
devices on each
SCSI bus are
powered on and
have finished
performing their
self tests. The
devices on your
Fibre Channel
Storage Area
Network should
be powered on
also.