Copyright © 2006 – STM Norway AS
Publication no. 101557, Rev. T, November 3
th
, 2006
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Appendix B. Accessing the Command Line Interface via
RS-232
In some special situations the Command Line Interface via Telnet may not be accessible or will not
output the required amount of debug information. Typical examples of such situations are:
•
The STM SatLink Terminal is configured with an Ethernet IP address not known to the user
•
One needs to enter the boot-loader
•
Detailed debugging
The Command Line Interface may then be accessed from a local PC connected to the STM SatLink
Terminal’s RS-232 interface via a serial cable. HyperTerminal or any compatible terminal emulation
program is used to access the CLI interface via RS-232. A good freeware terminal emulator is
Tera Term Pro Web 3.1.3. The software can be downloaded from Ayera home page:
http://www.ayera.com/teraterm
.
B.1 Cable connection
To get access to the command-line interface (CLI) via the RS-232 connection, a serial cable is connected
from the SatLink Terminal directly to a COM port on a PC:
•
Plug the 9-pin connector (DB09) (male) into the rear panel of the SatLink Terminal.
•
Plug the 9-pin connector (DB09) (female) into a COM port on the PC.
B.2 PC configuration of HyperTerminal to access the CLI via RS-232
In Windows, click the
Start
button and select
All Programs > Accessories > Communications >
HyperTermina
l
. HyperTerminal will then start and the Connection Description dialogue box, shown in
Figure 15, will appear. The screen shots are from Windows XP Professional; other versions of Windows
may display differently.
Figure 15: Hyper Terminal New Connection dialogue box