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NTI SERIMUX SERIES CONSOLE SWITCH
Serial Interface Specifications
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Number of ports: 5, 9, 17, 25 or 33 RS232 ports;
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Connectors: RJ45 male
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Data: asynchronous, 5, 6, 7, or 8 bits per character,
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Parity: even, odd, or none
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Stop Bits: 1, 1 ½, or 2 bits
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Flow Control: Xon/Xoff, RTS/CTS, Both, or None
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Baud Rate: 50 bps to 128,000 bps
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher
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Netscape 7.0 or higher
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Mozilla FireFox 0.9.2 or higher
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Opera 9.0 or higher
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Definitions
device
equipment that can transmit and/or receive data using RS232 interface
inactivity
when a port is not receiving data from the device connected to it
terminal program
a terminal emulation program- computer program that communicates via RS232 interface
(i.e. HyperTerminal)
"dumb" terminal
Serial terminal device or CPU terminal program that emulates a serial terminal
timeout
time period of inactivity after which a port will be disconnected (the inter-port connection will be broken)
Baud rate
serial device or port receiver and transmitter speed; measured in "bps" (bits per second)
Flow control
a method to temporarily stop and restart serial data transfer (flow). It can be
Disconnect sequence
1 or 3 char sequence inserted in the serial data flow, to disconnect the user from the
attached serial device and to return to the initial user menu.
[CR]
"Carriage Return" character, ASCII code 13
[LF]
"Line Feed" character, ASCII code 10
[FF]
"Form Feed" character, ASCII code 09
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(i.e. [ Shift ] + [ < ] ) press the keys simultaneously
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(i.e. [ P ] - [ 0 ] ) press the P and 0 keys consecutively
The following browsers have been tested:
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Hardware (out-band)- usually using the RTS and CTS physical handshaking signals;
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Software (in-band)- using special characters, usually named Xon and Xoff, inserted
in data being transferred;
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Both
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