SMC Networks SMC8624T manual Connecting to the Console Port, Serial Port DB-9 DTE Pin-Out

CONNECTING TO THE CONSOLE PORT

Connecting to the Console Port

The DB-9 serial port on the switch’s front panel is used to connect to the switch for out-of-band console configuration. The on-board configuration program can be accessed from a terminal or a PC running a terminal emulation program. The pin assignments used to connect to the serial port are provided in the following tables.

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	Figure 3-7. Serial Port (DB-9 DTE) Pin-Out
	Table 3-1. Wiring Map for Serial Cable
	Switch’s 9-Pin	Null Modem				PC’s 9-Pin
	Serial Port					DTE Port
2	RXD (receive data)	<----------------------------			3	TXD (transmit data)
3	TXD (transmit data)	-----------------------------		>	2	RXD (receive data)
5	SGND (signal ground)	------------------------------			5	SGND (signal ground)

No other pins are used.

The serial port’s configuration requirements are as follows:

◆Default Baud rate—9,600 bps

◆Character Size—8 Characters

◆Parity—None

◆Stop bit—One

◆Data bits—8

◆Flow control—none

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