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Terminal setup – PLANET XGS3-24040 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 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”.