Terminal Adapter Data-Only Stations - Lucent Technologies MERLIN LEGEND Release 5.0 Installation Manual

MERLIN LEGEND Communications System Release 5.0
Installation 555-650-140
Connecting Data Equipment

Terminal Adapter Data-Only Stations

Connect the terminal adapter data module to the control unit.

a. Plug one end of a D8W cord into the LINE jack on the terminal
b. Plug the other end into the appropriate MLX extension jack. See
Connect all power cords to an AC outlet not controlled by a wall

switch.
Terminal Adapter Data-Only
Stations
Figure 6-5 shows an equipment configuration for a terminal adapter data-only
station.
To set up a terminal adapter data-only station, follow the steps below:
Use an EIA-232-D cable to connect the SERIAL port on the data

terminal to the terminal adapter.
For any data terminal that has both COM1 and COM2 connectors, make
sure you use the one designated for data transmission. See the
customer's system manager if you are not sure.
Make sure that the terminal adapter option settings for parity and

speed are compatible with the data terminal. (Speed is
synchronized automatically if the factory setting has not been
changed.)
If you are not sure about the speed and parity of the data terminal, see
the customer's system manager or the documentation packaged with the
terminal adapter and the data terminal.
Plug the other end of the EIA-232-D cable into PORT 1 on the

terminal adapter.
adapter.
Form 2a, System Numbering: Extension Jacks for the appropriate
module and extension jack.
Issue 1
June 1997
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