User`s guide

4-4 DL3100 User’s Guide—November 1998

1. Using a cable with DE-9 connectors, connect the cableÕs DE-9

socket connector to the terminal (or modem if at a remote site).

Ribbon-type cables can be ordered from Digital Link by the

following part numbers:

2. Connect the cableÕs DE-9 plug connector to the TERMINAL port

socket on each DL3100 (Figure 4-1).

Change the TERMINAL port setting to Multidrop Mode on all units.

3. To multidrop the NETWORK MANAGEMENT port, connect the

cableÕs DE-9 plug connector to the NETWORK MANAGEMENT

port socket on each DL3100. Plug the socket end of the DE-9 cable

to your NMS workstation.

The connection between your DL3100 and your NMS workstation

must be a SLIP connection.

For detailed instructions on installing SNMP systems, refer to the separate

installation guides for these products.

Table 4-1 Part Numbers for DL3100 Units

To daisy chain: Order Part No.

Four units 154-00051-01

Eight units 154-00052-01

Twelve units 154-00053-01

NOTE: When units are daisy-chained together, the units must be

operating in Multidrop Mode. For more information about Multidrop

Mode, see “Conﬁguring the DL3100” on page 4-10. Each unit should

be given a unique node number.