Terminal setup – PLANET XGSW-28040 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 XGSW 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

Serial Port

RS-232

Serial Port

115200,8,n,1

XGSW Managed Switch

A terminal program is required to make the software connection to the XGSW
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 : 115200

 Data bits : 8

 Parity : None

 Stop bits : 1

 Flow Control : None

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