PLANET XGS3-24040 - 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 XGS3 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
XGS3 Layer 3 Managed Switch
Serial port
RJ-45 Type Serial Port
9600,8,n,1
RJ-45 to DB9 RS-232 cable
Figure 4-1 XGS3 Managed Switch Console connection
A terminal program is required to make the software connection to the XGS3
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”.