Quick Guide
6
4. Terminal Setup
To congure the system, connect a serial cable to a COM port on a PC or
notebook computer and to serial (console) port of the Managed Switch. The
console port of the Managed Switch is DCE already, so that you can connect the
consoleportdirectlythroughPCwithouttheneedofNullModem.
Managed Switch
PC / Workstation
with
Terminal Emulation Software
Serial Port
RS232 to RJ45 Cable
Console Port
RJ45
Figure 4-1 Managed Switch Console Connectivity
A terminal program is required to make the software connection to the Managed
Switch.Tera Term programmaybe a good choice. The Tera Term can be accessed
fromtheStart menu.
1. Click START menu, then Programs,andthenTera Term.
2.When the following screen appears, make sure that the COM port should be
conguredas:
Baud:9600
Parity:None
Databits:8
Stopbits:1
Flowcontrol:None
Figure 4-2 Tera Term COM Port Conguration