User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 0 - Front Cover
- Chapter 0 - Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 - Introduction
- Chapter 2 - Starting Out
- Chapter 3 - Example Applications
- Chapter 4 - Utilities and Features
- Chapter 5 - Web Configuration Manager
- Chapter 6 - Serial Configuration and Applications
- Chapter 7 - Bridging and Mesh Networking
- Chapter 8 - Antenna Setup
- Apx A - Licensing Information
- Apx B - Interface Ports
- Apx C - Radio Configuration
- Apx D - Security
- Apx E - Troubleshooting
- Apx F - Horizon 2.4 Specifications
- Apx G - Horizon 900 Specifications
- Apx H - Horizon 4.9 Specifications
- Apx I - Horizon 5.8 Specifications
CHAPTER6
SERIALAPPLICATIONS
Revised: 27 Jun 16 6-1 ESTeem Horizon Series
UsingTheRS‐232ProgrammingPort
TheRS‐232ProgrammingPortwillprovidealimitedsetcriticalprogrammingfeaturessuchassettingtheIPaddressorrestoring
theHorizonradio to factory faults.Anyterminal emulation programthat canrun with VT100emulation canbe used forthis
configurationoftheESTe em Horizon.AnyRS‐232terminalpr
ogram(suchas PuTTY‐http://www.putty.org)wi llwork.Configure
yourRS‐232portforaBaudRateto38,400,DataBitsto8,ParitytoNone,StopBitsto1andHandshakingtoNone.Once your
HorizonhasanIPaddress,youcanattachtheESTeemtoyournetworkandusetheWebConfigurationManager(Chapter5for
completedetails)fo
rfurtherprogrammi ng.
ProgrammingUsingtheRS‐232ProgrammingPort
1. Connecttheserialcable(ESTP/N:AA0621.1)betweentheRS‐232connector(RJ‐45)ontheHorizon’sRS‐232Programming
Porttotheserialportonthecomputer.
2. If your computer is configured properly, you will see the ESTeem Horizo
n booting sequence on your Terminal Emulation
program.OncetheESTeembootsequenceiscomplete(approximately60seconds)youwillreceivethismessage:
“PleasepressEntertoactivethisconsole.”
Ifyoudon’tseethismessagepress theResetbuttononthefrontpaneloftheHorizonand/orchecktheprogrammi
ngofyour
RS‐232port.
3. PresstheEnterkeyandyouwillbeattheConfigurationMenuHorizonloginprompt.See Figure1.
4. ToentertheHorizonMainMenuyouwillneedtologintothesystemwithaloginnameandpassword.
5. IfthisisnotthefirsttimeconfigurationoftheHorizon,seeyournetworksystemsadministratorforthepassword.
6. AttheHorizonloginprompttypeadminfortheloginnameandpresstheEnterkey(<Enter>).Theloginnameisdefinedat
thefactoryandisnotchangeablebytheuser.Notethatallcharactersarelowercase .
IfthisisthefirsttimetheHorizonhasbeenprogrammedorthePasswordwasnotchangedfromthefactorydefaultvalues,the
factorydefaultpasswordisalso admin.EnteradminforthepasswordandpresstheEnterkey(<Enter>).
Figure1:RS‐232PortLog‐inScreen