Specifications

24 MDS Orbit MCR-4G Technical Manual MDS 05-6628A01, Rev. A
Serial Console
A serial cable may be used to connected to a COM port on the unit to access the CLI. The default serial
console settings are 115200 bps with 8N1 format. A mini-USB-to-USB cable may also be used to connect
to a Computer in case no serial port exists. If a mini-USB connection is used, the computer must contain
the appropriate device driver. A driver for serial operation can be found on GE MDS website.
Configuring
This sequence shows how to add console access to the
COM serial port and set the baud rate to 19200 bps:
admin@(none) 00:04:43% set services serial console serial-ports [ COM1 COM2 ]
[ok][2012-06-19 00:04:57]
[edit]
admin@(none) 00:04:59% set services serial ports COM2 baud-rate b19200
[ok][2012-06-19 00:05:28]
[edit]
admin@(none) 00:05:28% commit
Commit complete.
[ok][2012-06-19 00:07:51]
[edit]
admin@(none) 00:07:51%
Monitoring
Ensure the CLI is in operational mode. Follow the example below to view the state and statistics:
a d mi n @( n on e ) 0 0: 1 0 : 3 8 > sh o w c o n f i g u r a t i o n se r vi c e s se r ia l | d e t a i ls
ports COM1 {
line-mode rs232;
duplex-mode full;
baud-rate b115200;
byte-format bf8n1;
hw-flow-control false;
vmin 255;
vtime 1;
capability 3;
}
ports COM2 {
line-mode rs232;
duplex-mode full;
baud-rate b19200;
byte-format bf8n1;
hw-flow-control false;
vmin 255;
vtime 1;
capability 0;
}
console {
serial-ports [ COM1 COM2 ];
}
[ok][2012-06-19 00:12:00]
admin@(none) 00:12:00>