SMC Networks SMC8624T manual Console Port Pin Assignments, DB-9 Port Pin Assignments

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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.

Figure B-2. DB-9 Console Port Pin Numbers

DB-9 Port Pin Assignments

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

No other pins are used.

Console Port to 9-Pin COM Port on PC

Switch’s 9-Pin	CCITT Signal			PC’s 9-Pin
Serial Port				COM Port
2 RXD	<	---------RXD ------------		3 TxD
3 TXD	-----------	TXD ----------	>	2 RxD
5 SGND	-----------	SGND ----------		5 SGND

No other pins are used.

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