Chapter 7 BIOS Setup
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Chapter 7
COM Port 1 to COM Port 4 (These settings may not be available depending
on the model)
Configures the settings of the serial port.
Disable Disable this serial port.
Enable Enable this serial port.
Type
Choose RS232/RS422/RS485 for the serial port type for COM port 1 only.
WDT
Enable or disable the watchdog function. A counter will appear if you select to enable
WDT. Input any value between 1 and 255.
Case Open
Enable or disable the case open function.
Console Redirection
Console redirection lets you monitor and control the system from a remote station by re-direct-
ing the host screen output through a serial port.
Console Serial Redirect
Enable or disable the console redirection function. (The default is disabled.) If you
select to enable it, please configure the following parameters for serial communica-
tion between the system and a remote station:
Terminal type: VT_100, , VT_UTF8, or PC_ANSI.
Baud rate: 115200, 57600, 38400, 19200, 9600, 4800, 2400 or 1200.
Data bits: 8 bits or 7 bits.
Parity: None, Even or Odd.
Stop bits: 1 bit or 2 bits.
Flow control: None, RTS/CTS or XON/XOFF
This is the global setting for all of the designated serial ports for the console redirec-
tion function.
