Terminal setup – PLANET WGSW-48000 User Manual

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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 WGSW 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.

PC / Workstation

with

Terminal emulation software

WGSW Managed Switch

Serial Port

RS-232

Serial Port

38400,8,n,1

A terminal program is required to make the software connection to the WGSW
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:

Baud: 38400
Parity: None
Data bits: 8
Stop bits: 1
Flow Control: None

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