Cisco BPX 8620 Installation And Configuration Manual page 253

Chapter 15 Connecting Temporary Terminal and Attaching Peripherals
The BPX control and auxiliary ports are pinned as RS-232/V.24 DCE ports. When connecting a terminal,
PC, or other device pinned as RS-232/V.24 DTE to the control or auxiliary port, you may use a
straight-through cable. However, to connect a modem to the control or auxiliary ports, you must use a
null-modem cable.
The following cards are related to the procedures:
The BCC refers to the BCC-4V, BCC-3-32M, BCC-3-64M, or BCC-32.
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• The BCC-4V, BCC-3-32M, and BCC-3-64M require BCC-3-BC back cards.
The BCC-32 requires the BCC15-BC back card.
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To attach a terminal to the BPX switch, use the following procedure:
From the back of the cabinet, run the control terminal RS-232/V.24 cable through the opening at the
Step 1
bottom and up to the LM-BCC card in back slot 7.
For nodes with a single BCC: Locate the CONTROL port connector on the LM-BCC in slot 7.
Step 2
Attach the RS-232/V.24 cable as shown in Figure 15-1. Go to Step 5.
For nodes with redundant BCCs: A single cable is sufficient for temporarily connecting to the
Step 3
CONTROL port of the active BCC during initial node configuration. However, if you want to monitor
the switchover function of the BCCs through the CONTROL port without swapping the cable from the
CONTROL port of one BCC to the CONTROL port of the other, you can use a Y-cable.
Connect one leg of the Y-cable to the CONTROL port connector on the back card in slot 7 and the other
leg to the slot 8 CONTROL port connector.
Step 4 Attach a RS-232/V.24 cable to the remaining leg of the Y-cable as shown in Figure 15-2.
Fasten the cable connector to the control port connector with the captive screws on the connector hood.
Step 5
Plug the control terminal (or Cisco WAN Manager) power cord into the appropriate wall receptacle
Step 6
(115 VAC or 240 VAC) and switch it on.
Step 7 Use the cnftermfunc command to set the port function as follows:
Next Command: cnftermfunc {a|c}[index]
Note
For parameter definitions that are used for the cnftermfunc command, refer to the Cisco WAN Switching
Command Reference, Release 9.3.30.
Enter c for the Control port.
Step 8
Step 9 Enter 1 as the index parameter to set VT100/StrataView.
Use the cnfterm command (Go to Step 8) to check the other data transmission parameters as follows:
Step 10
Next Command: cnfterm {a|c}[baud rate][data bits][stop bits][output flow
control{x|n}][input flow control{x|n}][CTS flow{x|n}][DTR{y|n}]
For parameter definitions that are used for the cnfterm command, refer to the Cisco WAN Switching
Command Reference, Release 9.3.30.
Release 9.3.30, Part Number 78-12907-01 Rev. E0, May 2005
If you are using a "dumb" terminal, enter 2 as the index parameter to select VT100 only.
Temporarily Connecting a Terminal or NMS to the Control Port
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