Quick Guide

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4. Terminal Setup
To congure 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 that you can connect the console
portdirectlythroughPCwithouttheneedofNullModem.
PC / Workstation
with
Terminal emulation software
RS-232
Serial Port
Serial Port 115200,8,n,1
PLANET Managed Switch
A terminal program is required to make the software connection to the Managed
Switch. Windows’ Hyper Terminal program may be a good choice. 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
conguredas:
Baud:115200 l
Data bits: 8 l
Parity:None l
Stop bits: 1 l
FlowControl:None l