SMC Networks VDSL2 manual Connecting to the Console Port, Wiring Map for Serial Cable

INSTALLING THE SWITCH

and without disrupting the operation of the devices attached to the unit.

Connecting to the Console Port

The RJ-45 serial port on the switch’s front panel is used to connect to the switch for out-of-band console configuration. The on-board 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 table.

Figure 3-9 Serial Port (RJ-45) Pin-Out

Wiring Map for Serial Cable

Table 3-2 Wiring Map for Serial Cable

	Switch’s 8-Pin	Null Modem			PC’s 9-Pin
	Serial Port				DTE Port
6	RXD (receive data)	<----------------------------		3	TXD (transmit data)
3	TXD (transmit data)	-----------------------------	>	2 RXD (receive data)
5	SGND (signal ground)	------------------------------		5	SGND (signal ground)

No other pins are used.

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