SERIAL DEVICE SUPPORT
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ULTRACONSOLE USERS MANUAL
Serial device support
The serial feature allows you to connect a KVM station to a serial
device such as the serial port on a Unix or Sun computer, a
communication device, or any device with a serial port. The serial
device is connected to the DB25F CPU port on the UltraConsole with a
serial cable (See Appendix C for serial cable part numbers). Any CPU
port can be configured to be a serial port. When you switch to that port,
you are connected to the serial device and can access it as you
normally would.
To configure a CPU port for a serial application, call up the main menu
([Ctrl] – F12), and then select computer and press [Enter]. From the
configure computer menu, use the up/down arrow keys to select the
desired computer to configure for serial, then use the left arrow key and
select the keyboard field for the selected computer and press [Enter].
A selection box will display listing the supported choices. Use the
up/down arrow keys and select the serial baud rate to configure the
CPU port for and press [Enter]. Save the changes to flash memory.
Once saved, that CPU port is configured for serial support.
(See Figure 21)