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Installation and Upgrade Guide for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Audio Server 6.x
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Chapter 3 Connecting and Setting Up Your Laptop Computer
About Configuring Your Laptop
Figure 3-1
Null Modem Cable Pinouts
Step 2
Connect one end of the null modem cable to the COM 1 port on the CPU card in the front of the Cisco
Unified MeetingPlace Audio Server.
Step 3
Connect the other end of the null modem cable to the COM port on your laptop.
About Configuring Your Laptop
You can access the Command Line Interface (CLI) command screen by running terminal emulation
software, such as ProComm, Windows Terminal, or HyperTerminal. Configure your laptop COM port
with the parameters listed in
Table 3-1
.
No phone number or area code is needed for direct connections to a COM port. Depending on the
configuration of the laptop, the direct connection (9-pin connector) may be any of the COM ports, but
it most likely is COM 1.
Set up the terminal emulation software to emulate a VT100 terminal. If your laptop is connected to a
Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Audio Server and the operating system is running, the login prompt
appears. It is sometimes necessary to press Enter once or twice.
The default username is admin, and the default password is cisco.
Note
If the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Audio Server is not powered on yet, you will not see the login prompt.
Table 3-1
Laptop COM Port Parameters
Parameter
Value
Baud Rate
19200
Data Length
8 bits
Parity
None
Stop Bits
1
