3. Terminal Setup
To configure the system, connect a serial cable to a
COM port
on a PC or
notebook computer and to serial (console) port of the VDSL2 Managed Switch. The
console port of the VDSL2 Managed Switch is DCE already, so that you can connect
the console port directly through PC without the need of Null Modem.
PC / Workstation
with
Terminal emulation software
Managed Switch
Serial Port
Serial Port
57600,8,n,1
RS-232
Figure 3-1
Serial / Console connection
A terminal program is required to make the software connection to the VDSL2
Managed Switch. Windows’
Hyper Terminal
program may be a good choice. The
Hyper Terminal can be accessed from the
Start
menu.
