Using the Serial Interface | Setting Up Serial Port Communications |
Setting Up Serial Port Communications
Leave the Fibre Channel to SCSI router turned off until you have set up the serial port communications on your host computer unless serial I/O was previously established and is currently running.
The Fibre Channel to SCSI router is designed to communicate with a terminal or any operating system utilizing a terminal emulator. For example, Windows 9x, NT 4.0, or 2000 operating systems can use hyper terminal. Check that the baud rate, data bits, stop bits, parity, and flow control are set correctly.
To set up serial communications with the Fibre Channel to SCSI router:
1.Leave power to the router turned off until you have set up the serial port communications on your host terminal.
2.Plug the serial cable into one of the host computer’s serial ports (COM1 or COM2), and then plug the other end of the serial cable into the router’s serial port.
3.Start the terminal emulator.
4.Set the terminal emulator to use the appropriate COM port.
Note. Auto Detect or VT100 are the recommended settings for Windows Hyper Terminal emulation type.
5. Specify these settings for the port:
Baud rate: | 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, or 115200 |
| (Autobaud recognizes only these baud rates.) |
Data bits: | 8 |
Stop bits: | 1 |
Parity: | None |
Flow control: | None or XON/XOFF |
Note. Before initially powering on the Fibre Channel to SCSI router, check that all the Fibre Channel and SCSI devices are powered on first and that they have finished performing their self tests. This approach helps ensure that device discovery works correctly.
M8201R Fibre Channel to SCSI Router Installation and User’s