Connecting To The Console Port; Wiring Map For Serial Cable; Table 3-1 Wiring Map For Serial Cable; Figure 3-9 Serial Port (Db-9 Dte) Pin-Out - SMC Networks SMC8724ML3 Installation Manual

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Connecting to the Console Port

The DB-9 serial port on the switch's front panel is used to connect to the
switch for out-of-band console configuration. The on-board configuration
program can be accessed from a terminal or a PC running a terminal
emulation program. The pin assignments used to connect to the serial port
are provided in the following table.

Wiring Map for Serial Cable

Switch's 9-Pin
Serial Port
2 RXD (receive data)
3 TXD (transmit data)
5 SGND (signal ground) ------------------------------
No other pins are used.
The serial port's configuration requirements are as follows:
• Default Baud rate—9,600 bps
• Character Size—8 Characters
• Parity—None
• Stop bit—One
• Data bits—8
• Flow control—none
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Figure 3-9 Serial Port (DB-9 DTE) Pin-Out

Table 3-1 Wiring Map for Serial Cable

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1
5
6
9
Null Modem PC's 9-Pin
DTE Port
3 TXD (transmit data)
2 RXD (receive data)
5 SGND (signal ground)