Other Airconsole Uses; Using Airconsole Serial Port With Windows 7 Terminal Applications; Connecting To Cisco Usb Console Ports; Connecting To Other Usb Serial Ports - Get Console Airconsole User Manual

8 Other Airconsole Uses

8.1.1 Using Airconsole Serial port with
Windows 7 Terminal Applications
Airconsole can be used with Windows
Terminal applications, such as puTTY or
SecureCRT. To use Airconsole with Win7 you
must first install the Windows 7 Airconsole
Driver package to create a pseudo COM port
that proxies the connection from your Win7
terminal application to an IP connection to the
Airconsole adaptor.
To download the Windows 7 driver, which also
includes the installation instructions go to
www.get-console.com/airconsole
Ensure that your Windows PC is connected to
either the Airconsole Wired or Wireless LAN
network prior to launching the
AirConsoleConnect.exe program. After this
program runs it builds the virtual COM port
that your Windows 7 terminal application can
use to make serial port connections via Airconsole.

8.1.2 Connecting to Cisco USB console ports

Airconsole has native Cisco USB port support. Simply replace the supplied light blue
USB-Bluetooth-Serial ribbon cable on the Airconsole with a standard USB-to-mini-USB
cable and connect to the Cisco USB console port.

8.1.3 Connecting to other USB Serial ports

While not expressly supported, Airconsole's firmware also includes a standard linux USB
serial driver that will attempt to negotiate and build serial-over-USB connections to other
device's USB serial ports. For details on other vendor's USB based serial ports that are
known to work with Airconsole, please visit our forum at www.get-console.com/forum

8.1.4 Machine to Machine Mode

This mode is accessed in the "Remote Access" page on the Airconsole web interface.
M2M mode allows you to configure two Airconsoles to connect to each other to make a
back-to-back serial connection between 2 remote serial devices.
Configuration of M2M mode is only required on ONE Airconsole (called the Master), the
other Airconsole can have its default configuration, but its IP addresses (ie APClient, or
Bridge) must be reachable / routable from the Master Airconsole. This feature is
currently BETA.