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Establishing the CLI/serial connection
IP-RN 8000 Installation & Commissioning Guide 135
Establishing the CLI/serial connection
This procedure explains how to connect the laptop’s COM port to the active BIO/SC’s craft serial port and
how to start the CLI/serial session. It is assumed the IP-RN 8000 is powered on.
Requirements
• A laptop running at least Microsoft Windows 98
• The laptop must have either sufficient batteries to run throughout the commissioning process or it must
have a power source and appropriate power adapter
• Terminal emulation software, such as Hyperterminal, which comes with Windows
• Serial cable with male DB-9 connector for attaching to the female DB-9 on the BIO/SC side and a
connector on the laptop side that is appropriate for the laptop’s serial port
Procedure
1. Open the PC shelf on the inside of the front door and place the laptop securely on the shelf.
See Opening the PC shelf
on page 201.
2. Boot up the laptop.
3. Retrieve the CLI cable.
4. Determine which BIO/SC module is active.
If there is only a single BIO/SC installed, it is installed in slot 3 and is active.
If there are two BIO/SC modules installed, check the ACTIVE LEDs to determine which one is active
and which is standby. See Understanding the Base Input Output/System Controller module
on page 22.
Typically the primary BIO/SC module in slot 3 is the active module and the redundant BIO/SC module
in slot 7 is the standby module.
5. Plug the male DB-9 end of the serial cable into the female DB-9 craft port on the active BIO/SC
module.
6. Plug the other end of the serial cable into the COM port of the laptop.
BIO/SC
DB-9
connector
Connect to laptop
COM port
Connect to DB-9 serial port
on active BIO/SC