Establishing A Connection To The Timeprovider 5000; Communicating Through The Serial Port - Symmetricom TimeProvider 5000 User Manual

Chapter 4 Provisioning

Establishing a Connection to the TimeProvider 5000

Establishing a Connection to the TimeProvider 5000
To set up and manage the TimeProvider 5000 with a terminal or a computer with
terminal emulation, you must establish either a serial connection or an Ethernet
connection. To connect through the serial port, see
Serial Port, on page 232. If the TimeProvider 5000 is connected to an Ethernet LAN,
use the procedure described in
233.
Note: Before you can communicate with the TimeProvider 5000
through an Ethernet connection, you must first configure the Ethernet
port using the serial connection.

Communicating Through the Serial Port

An EIA-232 serial port is available on the IMC module for a direct serial connection
to a terminal or a computer with terminal emulation. Use the following procedure to
connect the TimeProvider 5000 to a terminal or a computer with terminal emulation
via a straight through serial cable:
Note: For information on restricting user access, see
User Access
1. Connect one end of a straight through serial cable to the serial port on the
computer or terminal and the other end to the EIA-232 connector on the IMC.
2. Configure the emulation software for 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity, 57600 baud
rate, and no flow control.
3. Start the terminal emulation software and press Enter. The system prompt
should appear. If it does not, recheck each step in this procedure.
4. Type your user name and press Enter. The system prompts for a password.
5. Type your password and press Enter. The system prompt appears.
Note: The unit's default user name is "admin" and the default
password is "
232 TimeProvider 5000 User's Guide
Communicating Through the Ethernet
List, on page 234.
symmadmin**
".
Communicating Through the
Port, on page
Managing the
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