Contemporary Control Systems Compact Managed Switches Software Manual for Console Access - Manual (Page 7)

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4 Advanced Operation
4.1 General Considerations
Configuration is accomplished while the switch is connected to a computer running a
terminal-emulation program such as Microsoft’s HyperTerminal.
4.1.1 LEDs
To aid in troubleshooting, several LEDs have been provided.
Each
port LED glows solid if a link exists, flashes to show activity and shows data rate
by colour — green for 100 Mbps and yellow for 10 Mbps.
The
Power LED glows solid green to indicate the presence of adequate power.
The Status LED on the switch front panel acts as a heartbeat and blinks every 5 seconds
during normal operation. If a fault occurs, it blinks every second — except that EIDX
models maintain the 5-second heartbeat and the LED turns red to indicate a fault.
Some EIDX models also have PoE LEDs described in the EIDX installation guide.
4.1.2 Initial Access
4.1.2.1 HyperTerminal
HyperTerminal users should connect via the serial port (Console Port) which uses
standard EIA-232 protocol for configuring the switch. For proper communication :
Set the Baud rate to 9600.
Set the Data bits to 8.
Set the Parity to None.
Set the Stop bits to 1.
Set the Flow control (handshaking) to None.
Set Emulation to ANSI.
4.1.2.1.1 On-Screen Help
There are many configuration screens. At the bottom of each screen is a Help Area of
either 3 or 4 lines. The top line will display messages in response to user activity. The
next line will identify the action of various key strokes. The third line and (if needed) the
fourth line display information about the general operation of the screen.
4.1.2.1.1.1 Common Keystrokes
Switch screens use the keyboard
spacebar to toggle between option states, the TAB
key to advance from field to field, the backspace key to erase keystrokes and the
cursor up/down arrow keys to move up or down between fields.