Terminal setup – PLANET WGSW-20160HP 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 Managed Switch. The console port of
the Managed Switch is DCE already. So, you can connect the console port directly
to the PC without the need of Null Modem.
PC / Workstation
with
Terminal emulation software
Serial Port
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 or please
download the other hyper terminal like software, such as putty. 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