Black Box LES1248A-R2, LES1332A, LES1408A, LES144BA, LES1416A, LES1348A Serial Port configuration

Note: The config command does not verify whether the nodes edited/added by the user are valid. This means that any node may be added to the tree. If a user runs the following command:

# /bin/config -s config.fruit.apple=sweet

The configurator will not complain, but this command is useless. When the configurators are run (to turn the config.xml file into live config) they will simply ignore this <fruit> node. Administrators must make sure of the spelling when typing config commands. Incorrect spelling for a node will not be flagged.

Most configurations made to the XML file will be immediately active. To make sure that all configuration changes are active, especially when editing user passwords, run all the configurators:

# /bin/config -a

For information on backing up and restoring the configuration file, refer to Chapter 15, Advanced

Configuration.

14.2 Serial Port configuration

The first set of configurations you need to make to any serial port are the RS-232 common settings. For example, setup serial port 5 to use the following properties:

Baud Rate	9600
Parity	None
Data Bits	8
Stop Bits	1
label	Myport
log level	0
protocol	RS232
flow control	None

To do this, use the following commands:

#config -s config.ports.port5.speed=9600

#config -s config.ports.port5.parity=None

#config -s config.ports.port5.charsize=8

#config -s config.ports.port5.stop=1

#config -s config.ports.port5.label=myport

#config -s config.ports.port5.loglevel=0

#config -s config.ports.port5.protocol=RS232

#config -s config.ports.port5.flowcontrol=None

The following command will synchronize the live system with the new configuration:

# config -r serialconfig

Note: Supported serial port baud-rates are ‘50’, ‘75’, ‘110’, ‘134’, ‘150’, ‘200’, ‘300’, ‘600’, ‘1200’, ‘1800’, ‘2400’, ‘4800’, ‘9600’, '19200', '38400', '57600', '115200', and '230400'. Supported parity values are 'None', 'Odd', 'Even', 'Mark' and 'Space'.

Supported data-bits values are '8', '7', '6' and '5'. Supported stop-bits values are '1', '1.5' and '2'.

Supported flow-control values are 'Hardware', 'Software' and 'None'.

Additionally, before any port can function properly, you need to set the port mode. Set any port to run in one of the five possible modes (refer Chapter 4 for details): [Console server modeDevice modeSDT modeTerminal server modeSerial bridge mode]. All these modes are mutually exclusive.

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