Chapter 1 - Installing and Accessing the REX2

Connecting to the Campus Unit Console Port

Use a terminal or a PC with terminal emulation software (both will be referred to as PC) connected to the Console port to configure Campus system options, manage the unit, and generate system reports. The PC connects to the Console port on the desktop unit, the line unit (in a Campus-Star chassis), or the CMU-810 installed in the Campus-Star chassis.

1Connect the Console adapter into the standard 9-pin COM port on the PC and tighten the attached screws.

2Plug one end of the console cable into the PC’s COM port or console adapter, then do one of the following:

•If the Campus-REX2 is installed into a desktop unit, connect the other end of the console cable into the desktop unit Console port.

PC or terminal

Campus-RS Desktop Unit

 

9-pin COM port

HUB

Lin

k/A

ctivity

 

MDI

 

 

 

MDI-X

 

 

PC

Console port

R

 

 

EX2

R

 

 

outer

 

 

10

 

 

100Base-

 

B

T

 

 

ase-

 

 

Tx

Console adapter

Black cable (Category 3)

or120

VAC@60Hz2A

220

VAC@50HzMax

.

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