Terminal setup – Planet Technology SGSW-2840 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 SGSD / SGSW Managed Switch. The
console port of the SGSD / SGSW Managed Switch is DCE already, so that you can
connect the console port directly through PC without the need of Null Modem.
SGSD / SGSW Managed Switch
RS-232
PC / Workstation
with
Terminal emulation software
Serial Port
Serial Port
9600,8,n,1
A terminal program is required to make the software connection to the SGSD /
SGSW 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: 9600
Parity: None
Data bits: 8
Stop bits: 1
Flow Control: None
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