Hardware Installation
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Model 3124 User Manual
2 • Hardware Installation
Console Port
The Console interface on the front panel is the main control interface of the Model 3124.
Figure 11
shows the
RJ45 connector pin assignment:
Figure 11. Console Port RJ-45 pin assignment
To connect the host PC to the console port, a RJ45 (male) connector-to-RS232 DB9 (female) connector cable
is required. The RJ45 connector of the cable is connected to the Console port of the DSLAM; the DB9 con-
nector of the cable is connected to the PC COM port. The DTE relative pin assignment of the console cable is
shown below:
Figure 12. Pin assignment of Console Interface
Table 9. Pin Assignment of Console Cable
DB-9F
RJ-45M Pin
--
1
-
2
Pin 2 RD
3
Pin 3 TD
4
-
5
Pin 5 DGND
6
-
7
-
8
3 4 6 Other pins
TX RX GND Not used
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1
2
RD
3
TD
4
5
DGND
6
7
8
9
1
8
7
6 (DGND)
5
4 (TD)
2
3 (RD)
