SMC Networks SMC6826MPE manual Connecting to the Console Port, Wiring Map for Serial Cable

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 command-line 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 table.

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Figure 3-9 Serial Port (DB-9 DTE) Pin-Out

Wiring Map for Serial Cable

	Table 3-1	Serial Cable Wiring
Switch’s 9-Pin Serial Port		Null Modem	PC’s 9-Pin 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

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