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CHAPTER 4: INSTALLATION 11
Prepare Devices
Devices to be controlled by Paragon through ConsoleSwitch must be set at the following communications
settings. Before proceeding, check all devices that you wish to connect, and ensure that they have been set
correctly. Consult your device’s user manual to change the communications parameters if they do not match.
Terminal Emulation: VT100
Baud Rate: 9600
Data Bits: 8
Stop Bits: 1
Parity: None
Connecting Serial Devices
1. For each device that you wish to control via ConsoleSwitch, connect an appropriate Raritan-supplied
nulling serial adapter (See Chapter 2: Introduction - Related Products) that fits the gender and form
factor of the device’s serial console port – sometimes labeled “Admin”, “COM”, “Serial”, “RS232”,
or “AUX”.
2. Using standard, straight-through UTP cable of an appropriate length (see Chapter 3: Cabling
Requirements - ConsoleSwitch Cabling), connect each nulling serial adapter to a Device Port (labeled
1 through 32) on the back of ConsoleSwitch.
See Figure 5: Device Cabling to ConsoleSwitch (in previous section) for clarification.
Connecting ConsoleSwitch to Paragon
All cabling performed in the following steps must conform to the requirements specified in Chapter 3: Cabling
Requirements -Paragon Cabling – KVM over UTP.
1. In your ConsoleSwitch shipment (see Chapter 2: Introduction - Package Contents), you will find two
nulling serial adapters (RJ45 to DB-25), Raritan part number SCSDB25M; and two terminal emulator
/converters, Raritan part number AUATC. Connect each nulling serial adapter to the two AUATC
terminal emulators, in the port labeled “To ASCII Terminal Port.” Secure the adapter with the
thumbscrews.
2. Using the supplied 7’ straight-through Category 5e UTP cables (or any other straight-through UTP
cable shorter than 50 feet in length), connect each ConsoleSwitch user port to the two AUATC
emulators. One end of the UTP cable should be inserted into the ConsoleSwitch ports labeled “User
1” and “User 2”; the other end of the UTP cable should be inserted into the nulling serial adapter that
you attached to AUATC in the previous step. See Figure 8 for an illustration of the final connection.