Connecting The Mx480 Router To An External Alarm-Reporting Device - Juniper MX480 Hardware Manual

NOTE:
For console devices, configure the serial port to the following values:
Baud rate—9600
Parity—N
Data bits—8
Stop bits—1
Flow control—none
Figure 79: Auxiliary and Console Ports
Figure 80: Routing Engine Console and Auxiliary Cable Connector

Connecting the MX480 Router to an External Alarm-Reporting Device

To connect the router to external alarm-reporting devices, attach wires to the RED and YELLOW relay
contacts on the craft interface. (See
yellow alarm LED on the craft interface also activates the corresponding alarm relay contact.
The terminal blocks that plug into the alarm relay contacts are supplied with the router. They accept wire
of any gauge between 28-AWG and 14-AWG (0.08 and 2.08 mm
of wire appropriate for the external device you are connecting.
Figure 81 on page 268.) A system condition that triggers the red or
2
), which is not provided. Use the gauge
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