Using The Maintenance Terminal; Connecting To The Craft Port - ADC HiGain HLU-200 User Manual

Using the Maintenance Terminal

U
SING THE
The 9-pin RS-232 connector on the HLU-200 front panel allows you to use a
standard RS-232 cable to connect your system to a maintenance terminal or
PC running a terminal emulation program. Once connected you can access
the maintenance, provisioning, and performance screens.
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ONNECTING TO THE
To provision the HLU-200 through the RS-232 Craft port:
1 Configure the maintenance terminal to the following communication
settings:
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1200 to 9600 baud (9600 baud is recommended)
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Parity: NONE
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8 data bits
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1 stop bit
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Hardware Flow Control set to NONE
If using the Microsoft Windows terminal emulation program,
from the Settings, Terminal Preference menu, deselect Show
Scroll Bars and Use Function , Arrow , and Ctrl Keys for
Windows .
2 Use a serial cable to connect the RS-232 Craft port on the maintenance
terminal to the HLU-200 front panel RS-232 Craft port.
3 On each screen, enter the key represented by the letter in parenthesis for
the parameter to be changed. Each entry of this letter scrolls the
parameter to its next value.
4 After all selections have been made, press
changes. This activates the new choices and returns control to the Main
Menu Screen.
The following user options must be set through the RS-232 Interface: Circuit
ID, Time and Date, DS0 Blocking, and Margin Alarm Threshold.
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