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Terminal setup – PLANET MGSW-28240F User Manual

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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 the PC without the need of Null Modem.

PC / Workstation

with

Terminal emulation software

Serial Port

PLANET Managed Switch

RS-232

Serial Port

115200,8,n,1

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, 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