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Use the serial port
To connect to a terminal emulation program or
Telnet to manage the FastStream VT, use the
serial port.
1
Connect a cable from FastStream VT RS-232
serial port or header to the serial (COM) port on
a personal computer.
2
Turn on the FastStream VT.
3
Start a terminal emulation program on the
personal computer, and use it to connect to the
FastStream VT. For example, if you are using
HyperTerminal on a computer running a
Windows operating system,
a. Type
FastStream VT 5300
in the
New
Connection
dialog box.
b. Click
OK
.
c. Select the COM port number to which your
serial cable is connected in the
Connect
To
dialog box, then click
OK
in the
Connect using
field
d. In the
COM Properties
dialog box select
the following values:
• Bits per second: 115200
• Data Bits: 8
• Parity:
None
• Stop
Bits:
1
• Flow
Control:
None
• Terminal type: ASCII
• Echo:
on
e. Click
OK
4
After you connect to the FastStream VT, start-
up messages are displayed. The last line in the
start-up message sequence is
Ready
.
Make adjustments to the FastStream VT using
the Command Line Interface as described in
CLI
provides an ASCII-based interface
on page vii of
the Appendix..
Note
In serial port sessions, there is no prompt on
the line below the word
Ready
. Begin typing
commands in the blank line where the cursor
is resting. No user name or password is
required for serial port access.
5
To verify that you have connected successfully,
type
help
after the
Ready
prompt and press
Enter.
If a list of all available commands does not appear
on the screen, review the steps in this section,
check the cable, or contact service personnel until
the problem is solved.
If you have difficulty using the serial port, verify
that you have the correct settings and that your
serial cable is less then two meters long.
Use Telnet
Up to three Telnet sessions can be conducted
simultaneously. A serial port session can use the
CLI while Telnet sessions are open. Whichever
session issues the first “set” CLI command can
continue to issue set commands, while the other
sessions can only issue “get” commands or
display information.
Once a connection is established, refer to
CLI
provides an ASCII-based interface
on page vii
of the Appendix..
1
Connect to the FastStream VT from a computer
on the same Ethernet network.
2
Start a Telnet session.
Note
There is more than one way to connect to the
FastStream VT using a telnet program.Your
telnet program may operate differently than in
the following instructions.
3
At the telnet prompt, issue the
open
command
where x.x.x.x is the IP address of the
FastStream VT.
telnet > open x.x.x.x
4
If you have to specify a port type, type in the
port type “telnet” and the terminal type “vt100”.
port type: telnet
terminal type: vt100
5
Type in the default values for the user name,
root
, and the password,
Password
, if you did
not set new values in
Discover the IP address
on page 5.
