Edgewater Networks EdgeConnect 2402PoE, Installation Manual

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C
ONNECTING TO THE
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ONSOLE
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ORT
3-9
Connecting to the Console Port
The DB-9 serial port on the switch’s front panel is used to connect to the
switch for out-of-band console configuration. The on-board configuration
program can be accessed from a terminal or a PC running a terminal
emulation program. The pin assignments used to connect to the serial port
are described in the following figure and table.
Figure 3-7 Serial Port (DB-9 DTE) Pin-Out
Wiring Map for Serial Cable
The serial port’s configuration requirements are as follows:
• Default Baud rate—9,600 bps
• Character Size—8 Characters
• Parity—None
• Stop bit—One
• Data bits—8
Table 3-1 Serial Cable Wiring
Switch’s 9-Pin
Serial Port
Null Modem PC’s 9-Pin
DTE Port
2 RXD (receive data) <------------------------- 3 TXD (transmit data)
3 TXD (transmit data) -------------------------> 2 RXD (receive data)
5 SGND (signal ground) --------------------------- 5 SGND (signal ground)
No other pins are used.
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5
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