Chapter 3: Operations

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2.Type fc ‘[TargetUserStationName]’ ‘[servername]’ and press Enter to force the target user station to connect to the specified target device.

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Type fd ‘[TargetUserStationName]’ and press Enter to force the target user station to disconnect from the connected target device.

Forcing a connection from the serial port to a target device

Once Serial Force mode is enabled, a serial device attached to the host user station can send a force connect or disconnect command to that user station. The host user station will then force the target user station to either connect to or disconnect from a target device.

To enable Serial Force mode:

Select Serial Force Mode on the lockdown settings for the user station. See Locking user station settings on page 56 for more information.

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Enter enable serial force mode at the Command Line. See OSD Command Line Operations on page 61 for more information.

Serial parameters

Once Serial Force mode is enabled, the serial port parameters are set to:

9600 baud

8 data bits

no parity

1 stop bit

no flow control

These parameters cannot be changed. The serial configuration settings of the serial device attached to the host user station must match these parameters.

To disable Serial Force mode:

Deselect Serial Force Mode on the lockdown settings for the user station. See Locking user station settings on page 56 for more information.

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Enter disable serial force mode at the Command Line. See OSD Command Line Operations on page 61 for more information.

Once disabled, the serial baud rate will be changed to 57600. The serial emulation will change to the current value for the user’s settings.

To force a user station to make a connection:

1.Make sure that the serial device is configured appropriately. See Serial parameters on page 67 for more information.

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Avocent 590-222-501M manual To enable Serial Force mode, Serial parameters, To disable Serial Force mode