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Connecting to COM Port for Local Management

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2. Now,everytimeyoupresstheGROUPSELECTswitchforlessthanasecond,the

GROUPLEDlightsupinsequence,indicatingwhichgroupisselected.ThePoE

POWERSTATUSforthatgroupofsegmentsisthenindicatedbytheRXandTXLEDs

foreachsegment.Ifthereispower

attheport,theRXLEDisgreenandtheTXLEDis

off.Otherwise,refertoChapter 4fortroubleshootinginformation.

3. PressontheGROUPSELECTswitchagainformorethanonesecond.Thisreturnsthe

4G4285‐49/4G4205‐72toportRX(receive)andTX(transmit)statusmode.

Connecting to COM Port for Local Management

ThissectiondescribeshowtoinstallaUTPstraight‐throughcablewithRJ45connectors

andoptionaladapterstoconnectaPC,aVTseriesterminal,oramodemtoan

Enterasys NetworksmoduletoaccessLocalManagement.Thissectionalsoprovidesthe

pinoutassignmentsoftheadapters.

What Is Needed

Thefollowingisalistoftheuser‐suppliedpartsthatmaybeneededdependingonthe

connection:

•RJ45‐to‐DB9femaleadapter

•UTPstraight‐throughcableterminatedatbothendswithRJ45connectors

•RJ45‐to‐DB25femaleadapter

•RJ45‐to‐DB25maleadapter

UsingaUTPstraight‐throughcableandanRJ45

‐to‐DB9adapter,youcanconnect

productsequippedwithanRJ45COMporttoanIBMorcompatiblePCrunningaVT

seriesemulationsoftwarepackage.

UsingaUTPstraight‐throughcableandanRJ45‐to‐DB25femaleadapter,youcanconnect

productsequippedwithanRJ45COMporttoa

VTseriesterminalorVTtypeterminals

runningemulationprogramsfortheVTseries.

UsingaUTPstraight‐throughcableandanRJ45‐to‐DB25maleadapter,youcanconnect

productsequippedwithanRJ45COMporttoaHayescompatiblemodemthatsupports

9600 baud.

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