SMC Networks SMC6724AL2 manual Console Port Pin Assignments, DB-9 Port Pin Assignments

CONSOLE PORT PIN ASSIGNMENTS

Console Port Pin Assignments

The DB-9 serial port on the switch’s front panel is used to connect to the switch for out-of-band console configuration. The on-board menu-driven configuration program can be accessed from a terminal or a PC running a terminal emulation program. The pin assignments used to connect to the serial port are provided in the following tables.

Pin 1

Pin 9

Figure B-4. DB-9 Console Port Pin Numbers

DB-9 Port Pin Assignments

EIA	CCITT	Description	Switch’s	PC DB9
Circuit	Signal		DB9 DTE	DTE
			Pin #	Pin #
BB	104	RxD (Received Data)	3	2
BA	103	TxD (Transmitted Data)	2	3
AB	102	SGND (Signal Ground)	5	5

No other pins are used.

Console Port to 9-Pin DTE Port on PC

Switch’s 9-Pin		Null Modem		PC’s 9-Pin
Serial Port				DTE Port
2 RXD	<	---------TXD ------------		3 TXD
3 TXD	-----------	RXD ----------	>	2 RXD
5 SGND	-----------	SGND ----------		5 SGND

No other pins are used.

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