Step 2
Connect the USB Type A cable to the PC.
Step 3
To communicate with the router, start a terminal emulator application, such as Microsoft Windows HyperTerminal.
Configure the software with the following parameters:
• 9600 baud
• 8 data bits
• no parity
• 1 stop-bit
• no flow control
Figure 30: Connecting the USB Console Cable to the Cisco ASR 920 Router
Cable
Label
Cable
Label
USB USB Type-A to
USB Type-A console
cable
2
USB Type-A console port
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Connecting to the Console Port Using Mac OS X
This procedure describes how to connect a Mac OS X system USB port to the console using the built-in OS
X terminal utility.
Step 1
Use the Finder to choose Applications > Utilities > Terminal.
Step 2
Connect the OS X USB port to the router.
Step 3
Enter the following commands to find the OS X USB port number:
Example:
macbook:user$ cd /dev
macbook:user$ ls -ltr /dev/*usb*
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