3200 Series Standalone and 3200 Series 1+1 System Installation Guide
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2.
If your computer’s serial port features a DB9 connector connect directly otherwise use the
T
media
serial adapter supplied with your 3200 series gateway. If your computer's serial port features a USB
connector, you will need to provide a USB to DB9 adapter. Refer to
54.
Figure
3.3
Conceptual View of a Serial Connection from the 3200 Series Gateway to a Computer
3.2.2
Configuring the Terminal Emulator Application
Before communicating with the management interface, you must first configure a terminal emulator or
console application to communicate with the 3200 series system in order to configure initial settings.
Available terminal emulation software includes:
•
HyperTerminal
•
Putty
•
Minicom
To configure the terminal emulator application:
1.
Set the baud rate (bits per second) to
9600
2.
Set the data rate to
8 bits
3.
Set the parity to
None
4.
Set the stop bits to
1
5.
Set the flow control to
None
Note
See
55 to learn how to change the IP address of the MGMT0 port.
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Adapter
DB9 to
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