Powering On; Connecting To The Console - Advantech FWA-3260 User Manual

Make sure that cables do not block air inlet and outlet areas.
8. Reliable grounding of rack-mounted equipment must be maintained.
Before connecting the FWA-3260 to the power outlet, please make sure that the power
rating of the outlet and the FWA-3260's PSU match. Please also make sure that the primary
circuit and all power distribution in not overloaded. Inrush current and steady state power
specifications for the FWA-3260 can be found in
bottom of the unit.
Connect the power cord to the PSU module and then to the power outlet. The System has a
DC on/off button next to the power connector.
The unit will automatically power on after power is supplied and push the DC on/off button
to on position one times. The green LED on the front panel should be lit as the unit is under
power.
Please refer to section 2.4
FWA-3260 does not provide an interface for an external monitor in the standard
configuration. BIOS output as well as OS output are provided via a serial terminal connection
by default.
The remainder of this section describes how to configure PuTTY on a Windows platform for
connection with the FWA-3260 serial console as a reference. Other terminal programs may
be used in a similar way as well.
Open up PuTTY and begin the configuration as shown below. Please use the actual COM
port's number on the client machine instead of "COM1".
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Specify "COM1" under serial line and "115200" for speed, no parity, no flow control.
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Check Serial for connection type.
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Check "VT100+" for keypad in the keyboard submenu
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Check "Colour" or "Both" for "Indicate bolded text" in the colours submenu
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Click the "Open" button and a PuTTY terminal screen will appear.
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Powering On

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for the location of front and rear panel elements.
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Connecting to the Console

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