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SECURE RACK MODEM
To connect your PC to the modem’s console port:
1. Attach a standard null-modem cable to a COM port on your PC. Make
certain to connect to the COM port that is used by your communications
program (for example, ProComm).
2. Connect the other end of the cable to the console port, located on the
modem’s back panel. For a description of the console port interface, refer to
Appendix A
.
3.3 Communicating with the Secure Rack Modem
To communicate with the modem for the first time, you must set your
communications program (for example, ProComm) to match the default console
port parameters. After you access command mode, you can then use the General
Parameters menu to select other console port parameters as described in
Chapter 5
, and then reset your communications program accordingly.
Start your communications program and set it to match the following default
console port parameters:
• 9600 bps.
• 8 data bits, 1 stop bit.
• No parity.
After setting the communications program to match the default console port
parameters, press
[Enter]
to activate the modem’s command mode. After a brief
pause, the modem should display the Help screen shown in Figure 3-1, followed by
the “SRM>” command prompt. When you access the modem via the console port,
a password prompt will not be displayed.
