Pipeline Start Here Guide
Preliminary January 30, 1998
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5
Using the On-board Software
This chapter contains the following topics:
Establishing a serial connection to the Pipeline
You can access the on-board software by making a serial connection to the
Pipeline by doing the following:
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Connect a serial cable from a COM port on your computer to the Terminal
port on the Pipeline. You need to supply the serial cable. For a Macintosh
computer, connect a serial cable from the modem port (9-pin mini DIN) to
the Pipeline. For a PC, connect a serial cable from an enabled COM port to
the Pipeline. You will need one end of the cable to have a DB-9 or DB-25
male connector to plug into the Terminal port on the back of the Pipeline or
into the supplied adapter, and then into the Pipeline.
Establishing a serial connection to the Pipeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Establishing a Telnet connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Menus and status windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Entering a basic configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Performing a self-test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Manually dialing the remote network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
Securing the Pipeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15
