Chapter 6
Configuring Serial Communications
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8. Select the communications port where the Trillium Compact is attached and click
Next
.
9. Click
Anyone’s use
and click
Next
.
10. Click
Finish
.
11. Open the properties for the new connection.
12. Click the
General
tab and click
Configure
.
13. Set the
Maximum speed (bps)
to 9600, clear all check boxes, and click
OK
.
14. Click the
Options
tab and clear the
Prompt for name and password, certificate, etc.
check box.
15. Click the
Networking
tab and select
SLIP: Unix Connection
from the
Type of dial-up
server I am calling
list.
16. Clear all check boxes except for the
Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
check box in the
This
connection uses the following items
list.
17. Click
Properties
for
Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
.
18. Type The IP address 2.1.0.0. This is the IP address of the SLIP interface on the computer
and it is independent of the IP address for the Trillium Compact.
19. Click
Advanced
.
20. On the
General
tab, clear the
Use default gateway on remote network
check box and
the
Use IP header compression
check box.
21. Click
OK
in the Advanced TCP/IP Settings, Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties, and
connection properties dialog boxes.
6.2.2 Creating a SLIP Connection on a Windows 7 Computer
The SLIP protocol is available on editions of Microsoft Windows 7 that support Windows XP
Mode. Visit the Microsoft Web site (
) to learn about Windows XP
Mode and to find a list of the editions of Windows 7 that support it.
When you have determined that you have an edition of Windows 7 that supports Windows
XP Mode, download and install Windows XP Mode from Microsoft, and then follow the
Section 6.2.1 “Creating a SLIP Connection on a Windows XP Computer”
34 from your Windows XP Mode virtual machine to configure your SLIP connection.
See
Section 6.2 “Establishing a Direct Serial Connection”
34 for instructions on using
the SLIP connection to access the Trillium Compact home page.
