Ampro Corporation 486E - Manual (Page 101)

Product Reference
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This section describes the SETUP parameters found on the Extended Serial Console Configuration
screen.
! Console Output Device—Select the console output device, either Video, Serial 1, Serial 2, or
None.
! Console Input Device—Select the console input device, either the PC Keyboard, Serial 1,
Serial 2, or None.
! Serial Console Output Setup—Enter the communication parameters for your console output
serial port. Set the data length, stop bits, parity, and baud rate to match the serial output
device.
! Console Output Handshake—Enable or disable hardware handshaking. If enabled, the DSR
and CTS signals control the data flow. Be sure to connect the DSR and CTS signals on the
serial port’s connector to the appropriate handshake signals on the external serial device’s
interface connector.
! Serial Console Input Setup—Enter the communication parameters for the console input
serial port. Set the data length, stop bits, parity, and baud rate to match the serial input
device.
! Delete from COM Port Table—When DOS boots, it initializes the system serial ports.
Different versions of DOS may set the ports to different default settings. Enabling this option
causes the BIOS not to include console serial device(s) in the COM port table. This prevents
DOS from changing the assigned port values entered in the SETUP screen.
Caution
Be careful when changing the console configuration. If None is
specified for console input and output, there is no console access to
the system. This state can be recovered by removing the serial console
plug from the primary serial port connector and shorting pins J11-7/8.