Black Box KV162A Using Management and Serial Control Cards, Parity None Flow Control Xon/Xoff

CHAPTER 10: Using Management and Serial Control Cards

10.4.7TRANSFER SECURITY LOG

To connect the Management Card to an IBM PC/AT or PS/2 compatible computer, you will need a PC/AT style null-modem cable such as our product code EYN257H. Attach one end of this cable to the Card’s DB9 male serial port and the other end to the computer’s serial port. Once this connection is made, choose option 8 to transmit the contents of the Management Card’s security log from the Card to that PC. Using a suitable terminal-emulation program (such as Microsoft® Windows® HyperTerminal™ or ProComm®), the security log can be captured to a file for printing and storing.

When you select option 8 at the System Management Tools Main Menu, you will be asked to configure the Management Card’s serial port, as shown below: Either accept the default port settings or toggle among the different available values. (The receiving computer’s serial port must be configured the same way.) Then enter or accept the date and time of the first log record you want to transfer, and the log transfer will begin (make sure the terminal emulator is running on the receiving computer at this point). The data will be formatted the same way it is in the Log Window of the Management Card’s Security Monitor (see Section 10.5.3). Each line of ASCII text ends with carriage-return and line-feed codes.

Transfer security log

Configure serial port

Press SPACE to change, ENTER to accept.

Baud rate: 9600

Data bits: 8

Stop bits: 1

Parity : None

Flow Control: Xon/Xoff

Date of first log record [ Sep-05-1998 ]:

Time of first log record [ 15:59:41 ]:

Transferring Security Event Log Records

that have occurred since Sep-05-1998 15:59:41

nn Records transferred

If there is any question about whether the transfer was successful, compare the number of records you actually receive with the number of records that the Card says it transferred. Repeat the transfer if the numbers don’t match.

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