Setting Up A Terminal Emulator - Spectracom SecureSync 1200 User Reference Manual

5.3.1

Setting up a Terminal Emulator

If no other means are available to access SecureSync, a terminal emulation program can be
used to carry out certain configuration changes by accessing SecureSync's CLI (command-line
interface) via a serial port connection. An application example for this scenario is to enable a
network port so that the SecureSync Web UI can be used. While it is also possible to retrieve
selected logs, a terminal emulator does not replace the SecureSync Web UI.
Spectracom does not distribute or support its own terminal emulator, and newer Microsoft oper
ating systems no longer include HyperTerminal. However, there are several third-party open-
source programs available, such as TeraTerm
use of TeraTerm. The setup procedure is similar when using other terminal emulation programs.
Required tools and parts:
I.
A standard, one-to-one pinned RS-232 serial cable; this cable has one male and one
female DB-9 connector. Do NOT use a Null Modem cable. If you do not have a stand
ard RS-232 cable at hand, follow the pin-out configuration described below when build
ing a cable. It is required to wire at least pins number 2, 3, and 5.
Figure 5-61:
II.
Personal Computer with terminal emulator program installed.
Procedure:
1.
Connect the personal computer to the front panel serial connectorUSB interface, using
the serial cable.
2.
Configure your terminal emulation program, using the following settings:
SecureSync User Reference Guide
Serial port pin-out
Port : COM1
Bits per second : 9600
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or PuTTY . The example below illustrates the
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