Installation guide

Chapter 6 | Wireless Controller Management
How to Connect to the Console Port
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How to Connect to the Console Port
The RJ-45 Console port on the wireless controller’s front panel is used to connect to
the unit for out-of-band console configuration. The console device can be a PC or
workstation running a VT-100 terminal emulator, or a VT-100 terminal. An RJ-45-to-
DB-9 cable is supplied with the wireless controller for connecting to a PC’s RS-232
serial DB-9 DTE (COM) port.
Note: To connect to notebooks or other PCs that do not have a DB-9 COM port, use
a USB to male DB-9 adapter cable (not included with the wireless controller).
Figure 16: Console Port
The following table describes the pin assignments used in the RJ-45-to-DB-9
console cable.
Table 7: System Status LEDs
LED Condition Status
Pwr/Sys On Green System is receiving power and running normally.
On Yellow System self-diagnostic test has detected a fault.
Off The system is not receiving power.
Console Port
Table 8: Console Cable Wiring
Switch’s 8-Pin
Console Port
Null Modem PC’s 9-Pin
DTE Port
6 RXD (receive data) <--------------------- 3 TXD (transmit data)
3 TXD (transmit data) ---------------------> 2 RXD (receive data)
5 SGND (signal ground) ----------------------- 5 SGND (signal ground)
No other pins are used.
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