Data General AViiON 4600 Series, Customer Documentation

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Setting Up Your Computer System
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4. Secure the other end of the terminal cable to the RS-232 connector on the back
of the terminal. Often, the terminal connector is labeled HOST.
5. Initially, both your firmware and the DG/UX operating system require that your
system console have the following characteristics:
9600 baud
8 data bits
No parity
ANSI character set
Enabled flow control
NOTE: If your terminal offers Terminal Configuration menus, use them to
further select Unix mode, VT100 emulation, Echo disabled, and
New Line disabled.
Set the terminal to select these characteristics. For information on terminal
switches and/or menus, see the manual that came with the terminal.
If you have an operating system that supports different terminal characteristics,
refer to Chapter 5 for information about changing the console port parameters
after your first powerup.
NOTE: SCM menus refer to the port labeled RS232 ĆAĆ as the console port"
and to the port labeled RS232 ĆBĆ as the modem port."
Connecting the Graphics Monitor
(AViiON 530 Series)
This section describes how to connect a color graphics monitor to your AViiON 530
series computer unit.
AViiON 530 series systems use the following cables to connect a monitor to the
computer unit and to an ac power outlet:
Cable Cable
Device part number model number
Color monitor 005-034408 NA
(triple BNC)
120 volt power cord 109-001253
240 volt power cord 109-001544
1. Place the monitor on top of your work surface. Make sure that the power
switches for both the computer unit and the monitor are off, as shown in
Figure 2Ć2.
CAUTION: The monitor is heavy (approximately 60 pounds); be careful when
moving it.