Dell PowerConnect J-8216 Hardware Guide - Page 155

Configuring the Modem, Table 46: Port Settings

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Chapter 10: Connecting the Switch Press Enter. The serial console speed is now set to 115200 baud. 6. Boot the software: loader> boot The boot process proceeds as normal and ends with a login prompt. Configuring the Modem Before you connect the modem, you must configure the modem with required port settings. NOTE: The following procedure uses Hayes-compatible-modem commands to configure the modem. If your modem is not Hayes-compatible, see the documentation for your modem for the equivalent modem commands. To configure the modem: 1. Connect the modem to the desktop or notebook computer. 2. Power on the modem. 3. From the computer, start your asynchronous terminal emulation application (such as Microsoft Windows HyperTerminal) and select the COM port to which the modem is connected (for example, COM1). 4. Configure the port settings shown in Table 46 on page 139. Table 46: Port Settings Port Settings Value Bits per second 115200 Data bits 8 Parity None Stop bits 1 Flow control None 5. In the HyperTerminal window, type at. Press Enter. The modem sends an OK response to verify that it can communicate successfully with the COM port on your desktop or notebook computer. 6. To configure the modem to answer a call on the first ring, type ats0=1 at the prompt. Press Enter. 7. To configure the modem to accept modem-control DTR signals, type at&d1 at the prompt. Press Enter. 139

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Press Enter. The serial console speed is now set to 115200 baud.
6.
Boot the software:
loader>
boot
The boot process proceeds as normal and ends with a login prompt.
Configuring the Modem
Before you connect the modem, you must configure the modem with required port
settings.
NOTE:
The following procedure uses Hayes-compatible-modem commands
to configure the modem. If your modem is not Hayes-compatible, see the
documentation for your modem for the equivalent modem commands.
To configure the modem:
1.
Connect the modem to the desktop or notebook computer.
2.
Power on the modem.
3.
From the computer, start your asynchronous terminal emulation application (such
as Microsoft Windows HyperTerminal) and select the COM port to which the modem
is connected (for example, COM1).
4.
Configure the port settings shown in Table 46 on page 139.
Table 46: Port Settings
Value
Port Settings
115200
Bits per second
8
Data bits
None
Parity
1
Stop bits
None
Flow control
5.
In the HyperTerminal window, type
at
. Press Enter.
The modem sends an OK response to verify that it can communicate successfully
with the COM port on your desktop or notebook computer.
6.
To configure the modem to answer a call on the first ring, type
ats0=1
at the prompt.
Press Enter.
7.
To configure the modem to accept modem-control DTR signals, type
at&d1
at the
prompt. Press Enter.
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