User Manual

VCom Inc.

AP5857 Manual; ml_ap5857_08 (Oct 2005)

Approved: R.B.

4.0 AP5857 CONTROL

4.1 Description

The AP5857 may be controlled via the local RS232 Interface connector (see Section 5.0) or via the 10/100

Ethernet interface. There are 3 modes of operation: VT100 Terminal Emulation Mode, Telnet over 10/100

Ethernet, or SNMPv1 over 10/100 Ethernet.

5.0 CONTROL VIA THE LOCAL INTERFACE

This part of the Management Section describes how to use the local interface to manage the AP5857. With

the local interface, you can access AP5857 settings and status information from a PC or terminal using a

direct connection or through Telnet.

5.1 Setting up

The connection between an ASCII terminal and the AP5857 may be direct or through Telnet. If you plan to

use Telnet, you can first use a direct connection to set up network parameters.

5.1.0 Direct Connection

The Local interface can be accessed through a direct connection to the AP5857. From an ASCII terminal or

PC with terminal emulator program, proceed as follows:

1. Connect the ASCII terminal to the 9-pin RS232 port located on the baseplate.

Use a standard 9-pin serial cable.

2. Go to the terminal settings screen of your terminal or terminal emulator.

3. Set your terminal parameters to the following values:

• 9600bit/s baud rate

• 8 data bits

• no parity

• one stop-bit

• no flow-control

• X-ON, X-OFF disabled

• Local Echo should be disabled for the terminal (the AP5857 will echo the characters).

• The terminal type can be TTY or VT100 or similar.

• CR -> CR/LF mapping should be disabled for both inbound and outbound traffic

• The only special characters that are implemented are carriage return (0x0D, ^M), linefeed (0x0A, ^J), and destructive

backspace (0x08, ^H). All other characters are processed as part of the message.

• The maximum message length is 80 characters