PLANET WGSD-8020 - Manual (Page 5)


3. Terminal Setup
To configure the system, connect a serial cable to a COM port on a PC or
notebook computer and to serial (console) port of the WGSD Managed Switch. The
console port of the Managed Switch is DCE already, so that you can connect the
console port directly through PC without the need of Null Modem.
Figure 3-1 WGSD Managed Switch Console connection
A terminal program is required to make the software connection to the WGSD
Managed Switch. Windows’ Hyper Terminal program may be a good choice. The
Hyper Terminal can be accessed from the Start menu.
1. Click START, then Programs, Accessories and then Hyper Terminal.
2. When the following screen appears, make sure that the COM port should be
configured as:
n Baud: 115200
n Parity: None
n Data bits: 8
n Stop bits: 1
n Flow Control: None
Figure 3-2 Hyper Terminal COM port configuration