Direct Console Access - HP procurve 420 Getting Started Manual

Installing the Access Point 420
Installation Procedures

Direct Console Access

To connect a console to the
access point, follow these steps:
1.
2-12
Connect the PC or terminal
to the access point's Console
port using a DB-9 female-to-
female serial cable. (If your
PC or terminal has a 25-pin
serial connector, first attach
a 9-pin to 25-pin straight-
through adapter at one end
of the console cable.)
The Console cable is
described below. A null-
modem cable or an HP
serial cable, part number
5184-1894 (shipped with
many HP ProCurve
switches), may be used.
Access Point 420 serial port pin and signalling details
Access Point 420 Pin Assignment
DB-9 male
1
6
Connection to PC serial ports also requires a crossover (null-modem)
cable with a female DB-9 connector on both ends. Terminal connections
will vary, requiring either a DB-9 or DB-25 connector, male or female.
Serial cable options between an HP ProCure Wireless Access Point 420
and a PC terminal are shown in the following table.
Console port
Console cable
(not supplied)
PC running a terminal
emulator program, or
a VT-100 terminal
Pin Number Access Point Signal (DTE)
1 Reserved
5
2 RXD (input)
3 TXD (output)
4 Reserved
5 GND
6 Reserved
7 RTS (output)
8 CTS (input)
9
9 Reserved