Serial Ports - DPS Telecom NetGuardian 16A User Manual

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Serial Ports

The Provisioning > Serial Port menu allows you to change settings depending on the port type of your
NetGuardian. From this menu, you can select a mode of operation and enable reach-through serial port functionality.
A reminder that your primary serial port is located on the back of the NetGuardian
chassis.
Port Type
Baud, Parity, and Stop Bits Select the appropriate settings from the drop-down menu.
RTS Head
RTS Tail
Enable Reach-through
Type
The Provisioning > Serial Ports menu
Port Configuration
Select the serial port for your build of the NetGuardian.
Choose from 232, 485...
Only used if your NetGuardian was built with a 202 modem.
The most commonly used value is 30.
Only used if your NetGuardian was built with a 202 modem.
The most commonly used value is 10.
Checking this box enables the port to be used as a terminal
server. Most commonly used to Telnet through the port over
LAN to a hub, switch, or router. From a command prompt,
type the following (note the spaces between each entry):
Port Port number used for reach-through to a serial device.
Select TCP or UDP traffic to be passed through to a serial
device.
Location
Reach-Through
telnet [IP address] [port]
Example: telnet 192.168.1.100 3000
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