Cables and Pinouts
Console Port Pin Assignments
The DB-9 console port on the front panel of the access point is used to connect to the access point 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 and cable wiring used to connect to the console port are provided in the following table.
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Wiring Map for Serial Cable
10/100BASE-TX MDI and MDI-X Port Pinouts
Switch’s 9-Pin Serial Port | Null Modem | | PC’s 9-Pin DTE Port |
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2 RXD | <--------- | RXD ------------ | 3 TxD |
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3 TXD | ----------- | TXD ---------- | > | 2 RxD |
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5 SGND | ----------- | SGND ---------- | 5 SGND |
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Note: he left hand column pin assignments are for the male DB-9 connector on the access point. Pin 3 (TXD or “transmit data”) must emerge on the management console’s end of the connection as RXD (“receive data”).
