Avocent Emerge EMS2000 series, Installer/User Manual

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Chapter 2: Installation
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To connect the source computer serial port
Note: The serial port feature supports RS232 serial devices at speeds up to 19200 baud and all
hardware handshake lines are available (EMS2100T, EMS2100R & EMS2110R only). No extra
error checking on the serial port signals is applied.
1. Attach the male connector of a suitable serial link cable (all nine connections present pin 1 to
pin1, pin 2 to pin 2, etc.) to the socket labelled on the EMS2100T transmitter or
IN
on the EMS2400T transmitter.
2. Attach the other end (female connector) of the serial cable to the appropriate RS232 serial
socket on the source PC system.
Figure 2.5: Connecting a source computer
serial port to the EMS2100T transmitter
(above) and EMS2400T transmitter
(below)
IMPORTANT
It is essential that the source PC, all EMS2400T
modules and all connected displays are configured
to use the same serial communication settings
(see
Switch setting s for details). The EMS2100T,
EMS2100R & EMS2110R modules all auto-sense
the serial configuration and do not need to be set.
When switches SW2 to SW10 are all OFF, the
EMS2400T module is set to expect the following
serial port configuration: 19200 baud, 8-bit data
byte, 1 stop bit, no parity checking, software
handshake.
Remember to set the switches before power is
applied to the unit.
See Guidelines for
connecting serial equipment .