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SERIAL CONTROL PORT
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Serial device support
The serial feature allows you to connect a KVM station to a serial device such as
the serial port on a UNIX or Sun computer, a communication device, or any
supported device with a serial port. The serial device is connected to the
DB25F CPU port on the unit with a serial cable (See Appendix C for serial
cable part numbers). Any CPU port can be configured to be a serial port. When
you switch to that port, you are connected to the serial device and can access it
as you normally would.
To configure a CPU port for a serial application, call up the main menu ([Ctrl]
– F12), and then select computer and press [Enter]. Use the up/down arrow
keys to select the desired computer to configure for serial, then use the left
arrow key and select the keyboard field for the selected computer and press
[Enter]. A selection box will display listing the supported choices. Use the
up/down arrow keys and select the serial baud rate to configure the CPU port
for and press [Enter]. Save the changes to flash memory. Once saved, that
CPU port is configured for serial support. (See Figure 20)
Configure Computer
Computer name Keyboard Mouse
1 Computer 1 PC2 PS/2
2 Computer 2 Serial 9600,N,8,1
3 Computer 3 PC2 PS/2
4 Computer 4 PC2 PS/2
5 Computer 5 PC2 PS/2
6 Computer 6 PC2 PS/2
7 Computer 7 PC2 PS/2
8 Computer 8 PC2 PS/2
9 Computer 9 PC2 PS/2
10 Computer 10 PC2 PS/2
11 Computer 11 PC2 PS/2
12 Computer 12 PC2 PS/2
13 Computer 13 PC2 PS/2
14 Computer 14 PC2 PS/2
15 Computer 15 PC2 PS/2
16 Computer 16 PC2 PS/2
Use page up and page down keys to configure more computers,
type of computer, for PCs this is the computer’s keyboard mode
Figure 20. Serial support