Using the console port – Comtrol DM ATS-NTe User Manual

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Using the CONSOLE Port

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Using the CONSOLE Port

This section contains information about how to use the CONSOLE port to execute
from the command prompt. In addition, this section discusses how to change the
default configuration and use it as a standard RS-232 serial port.

By default, the CONSOLE (COM1) port is configured for serial console
administration.

Using the CONSOLE Port

You can use the CONSOLE port to execute command prompt commands.

1.

Connect a null-modem cable from a COM port on a PC or laptop to the port
labeled CONSOLE on the ATS-NTE. See

AUX A and CONSOLE Port

Connectors

on Page 55 for connector information.

2.

Start a terminal program, for example, HyperTerminal and configure the
following CONSOLE port attributes on the COM port for the PC:

Bits per second = 57600

Data bits = 8

Parity = None

Stop bits = 1

Flow control = None

3.

Enter the user name and password of a user with a valid login.

The Welcome to Microsoft Administration Console screen appears.

Test

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