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SERIAL CONSOLE PORT MANAGER
Contents
Chapter
Page
1. Specifications ..........................................................................................................6
2. Introduction ............................................................................................................7
2.1
Features ........................................................................................................7
2.2
Physical Description ....................................................................................9
2.2.1 Front Panel ........................................................................................9
2.2.2 Rear Panel ........................................................................................10
3. Getting Started ......................................................................................................11
3.1
Communication Parameters......................................................................11
3.2
Applying Power to the Port Manager........................................................11
3.3
System-Setup Ports......................................................................................12
3.4
Connecting Your PC to the Serial Console Port Manager ......................12
3.5
Communicating with the Serial Console Port Manager..........................13
4. Hardware Installation ..........................................................................................16
4.1
Configure Setup Switches ..........................................................................16
4.1.1 Default Baud Rate (Sw1, Sw2, and Sw3) ........................................17
4.1.2 Default Handshake (Sw4 and Sw5) ................................................17
4.1.3 Default Response-Message Format (Sw6) ......................................18
4.1.4 Default Command Echo (Sw7) ......................................................18
4.2
Initialize Unit to Default Settings ..............................................................19
4.3
Connecting Devices to the Serial Console Port Manager ......................19
4.4
Application Example..................................................................................20
5. Configuration ........................................................................................................22
5.1
Access to the Serial Console Port Manager’s Command Mode..............22
5.2
System-Setup Ports......................................................................................23
5.3
Password Functions ....................................................................................23
5.3.1 The Supervisor Password ................................................................23
5.3.2 The Port Passwords ..........................................................................24
5.4
Defining the Site ID and Supervisor Password ........................................25
5.5
Port Configuration ....................................................................................26
5.5.1 Configuration Conventions ............................................................26
5.5.2 Port Modes........................................................................................27
5.5.3 Port Configuration Menus ..............................................................28
5.6
Copying Parameters to All Ports................................................................33
5.7
Saving User-Selected Parameters ..............................................................34
