PLANET WGSW-50040 - Manual (Page 6)


4. 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 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.
Managed Switch
PC / Workstation
with
Terminal emulation software
RJ-45 Type Serial Port
9600,8,n,1
Serial Port RJ-45 DB9 RS-232 cable
Figure 4-1 Managed Switch Console connection
A terminal program is required to make the software connection to the Managed
Switch. Windows’ Hyper Terminal program may be a good choice. The Hyper
Terminal can be accessed from the Start menu.
1. Click START menu, then Programs, Accessories and then Hyper Terminal.
2. Type a name for opening Hyper Terminal, such as “COM1_9600”.
3. When the following screen appears, make sure that the COM port should be
configured as:
n Baud : 9600
n Parity : None
n Data bits : 8
n Stop bits : 1
n Flow Control : None
Figure 4-2 Hyper Terminal COM port configuration