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MAN081 Rev Date 2/7/2007 RACKMUX-T15-RS16/8 Rack Mount Console Terminal Drawer with Console Switch Installation and Operation Manual RACKMUX ® Series NETWORK TECHNOLOGI ES INCORPORATE D Te l:33 0-5 62 -70 70 Fax :33 0-5 6 2-1 999 1275 D an ner Dr Aurora, OH 44202 www.netwo rkt ec hinc.co m NTI R[...]

i MAN081 Rev Date 2/7/2007 TRADEMARK RACKMUX is a registered trademark of Net work T echn o logies Inc in the U.S. and other countries. COPYRIGHT Copyright © 2003-2007 by Ne twork Technologies Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduc e d, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electr[...]

ii MAN081 Rev Date 2/7/2007 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................... .......................................... 1 Console Te rminal ............................................................................................................... [...]

iii MAN081 Rev Date 2/7/2007 F7 - FKeys SET-UP Defi nition Set up Menu ........................................................................................... ................. 35 F8 - Ansbk SET -UP Menu ............................................................................................................ ........................... 36 F9[...]

iv MAN081 Rev Date 2/7/2007 TABLE OF FIGURES Figure 1- Mount RA CKMUX to rack ................................................................................................ ................................................... 5 Figure 2- Distinction of connections between TERMINAL and SERIM UX ......................................................[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 1 INTRODUCTION The RACKMUX-T15-RS16 Rackmount Con sole Terminal Drawer wi th 16 port Console Switch (RACK MUX) places a VT100/ANSI Terminal and a Console Switch right in the r ack for space-saving, convenient control of SUN or PC-b ase d headless servers, routers, and firewalls. The LCD monitor te[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 2 Console Switch The Console Switch (SERIMUX) inclu des a text-base d menu fo r easy connection management for administrators. Using a terminal emulator the menu pr ovid es a quick means for us er serial connection cha ng es an d device control. The Console Switch (SERIMUX) is a serial p ort route[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 3 MA TERIALS Materials Supplied with the NTI RACKMUX-T15-RS16 Rac kmount Console Terminal Drawer with Console Switch: +6 CD and Quick Start Guide 2 re ar mounting brackets w/ 4 nuts 8- #10-32x¾” screws and cag e nuts Materials Not Supplied, but REQUIRED : Serial cable with at least on e RJ45 ma[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 4 FEA TURES AND FUNCTIONS 1. Power Button- press to turn the LCD monitor ON and OFF 2. Power LED - indicates operation status Green=Power-On, Video Input Signal OK Red = Suspend / Stand-by, or no Video Input Signal 3. Menu Button - press to turn ON the OSD menu 4. Up Arrow Button - press to move t[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 5 1. INST ALLA TION 1.1 Rack Mounting Instructions The RACKMUX was designed to be mounte d to a rack and incl udes mounting flanges to make attachment easy. 1. Determine the mounting height in the ra ck for the drawer. It should be a hei ght com fortable to use the keyboard and see the LCD display[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 6 1.2 TERMINAL vs. SERIMUX Cable Connections The connectors on the rear of the RACKMU X are split between those for the TERMINAL connecti ons, and thos e for the SERIMUX connections (see Fig. 2). Figure 2- Distinc tion of connections bet ween TERMINAL and SERIMUX 1.3 Connect Devices, Hosts, and Po[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 7 1.4 Connect the SERIMUX and TERMINAL to a Network To control the SERIMUX and TERMINAL through a network connected PC, connect a CAT5 Eth ernet network cable to the connector marked "ETHERNET". Then connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to a Local Area Net work (LAN) through a 10/[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 8 2. GETTING ST ARTED Introduction This chapter covers basic configuration to pics. Included is in formation on setting up the TERMINAL to control the SERIMUX. 1. Using the instruction under “Setup The T erminal” below (or more detailed instruction o n p age 3 1), setup the TERMINAL to make co[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 9 The following lists only what is necessary to c onnect to SERIMUX. For a complete list of features, see page 30. F2 - Genrl SETUP Menu Personality set to Digital Equipment VT-100 or Console ANSI F4 - Comm SETUP Menu Baud Rate set to 9600 Ethernet Mode set to O FF to set the communication routing[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 10 2. To connect to an attached CPU, enter the number of t he port the CPU is connected to and press [Enter]. Fig ure 6- Startup- Accessible host list[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 11 3. USING THE SERIMUX CONSOLE SWITCH The SERIMUX Console Switch is control led using the TERMINAL and menu-driven integrated software. The SERIMUX can be easily config ured usin g the TERMINAL with a keyboard-c ontrol led menu to modify various para meters and options for each port to be connect[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 12 3.1 Administrator Controls 3.1 1 Login as the administrator 1. The TERMINAL must first be configured (and is typical ly de livered preconfigured) as describe d on p age 8 under "Getting Started”. Note: The administrator c an only login from the TERMINAL connection (s erially). Be sure th[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 13 3.1.2 Port List From the Administrator main menu, pr ess [1] to display the Port List. Figure 8- The Port list displays the status of all ports The Port list displays t he following information: Column Heading Description Port Port numbe r and name Log Index number of the user logged in at the [...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 14 FYI: RE: DscTime ( Disconnect Time) The value shown in the Port list is derived from various sources depending on t he type of connection active at the time. - If a user is logged into a port as ju st a user, the ti me shown will be the remaining time based on th e u ser's timeout se tting[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 15 From the Port settings menu, the configurat ion of each port can be viewed and changed. Setting Description Value Port name Change the port name Max. 15 characters Port type Host or User H or U In-band disconnect sequence Select characters to use for in- band disconnect seque nce 1 + code for 1[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 16 3.1.3.1 Port serial settings From the "Port settings" menu, press [5] to display the "Port se rial settings" menu. Using th is menu, the a dministrator can adj ust the serial settings of each port, or copy the current port se rial settings and paste them to another port or t[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 17 Flow control Command 1 Command 2 None – – RTS/CTS (hardware) &K3 Q3 Xon/Xoff (software) &K4 Q1 Both &K6 disable flow control (not necessary) &K0 Q0 Consult your modem user ma nua l or the modem AT command manual to find the suitabl e command. 3.1.3.1.6 Xon or Xoff Charact[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 18 3.1.3.1.10 Copy Port Serial Settings – Press [+] to select the current port as source in a port settings copy-paste process (except port 0). – Then, press [*] to paste the port settings. – Press [Y] to paste the selected port se ttings to the current port, [A] to paste to all ports, [S] t[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 19 Display modem settin gs for different port numbe r Press [>] (greater than symbol) to display the next port (next hi gher port index) modem settings, or press [< ] (less than symbo l) to display the previous port modem settings. Press [Esc] or [Space] to return to the "Port settings [...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 20 3.1.4 User List From the administrator main menu, press [4] to display the User list. Figure 14- User List Column Heading Description User User Index number User Name User name associated with the inde x number En User status- "Y" = enabled " -" = not enabled Adm Displays if[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 21 3.1.5 User Settings From the "Administrator main menu", press [5], ent er the user index number, then pre ss [Enter]. The screen will show the current user nu mber and name and the user setting s menu: Figure 15- User settings menu Setting Description Value User name Change the user n[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 22 Figur e 16- Port access list for User 01 3.1.5.1 Port access To quickly grant/deny user access to multiple ports, the use of a dash (-) and/or comma may be used in conj unctio n with the [1] (to grant) or [0] (to deny) command. i.e. [1] - [1-4,7,9,15] will grant access to po rts 1 through 4, 7,[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 23 3.1.6 Advanced Settings From the "Administrator main menu", press [7] to display th e “Advanc ed settings” menu. Figure 17- Administrator's Advanced settings menu From the "Advanced settings" menu the administ rator can perform the following functio ns: Setting Desc[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 24 3.1.6.2 Firmware From the Advanced settings menu, press [6] to display the F i rmware menu. (From Administra tor main menu press [7]-[6]) Figure 18- Firmware menu The Firmware menu has three possible fu nctions: Function Description 1. About Firmware Provides information about SERIMUX includi n[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 25 Figure 19- T he SERIMUX is waiting to save its firm ware Using the terminal program, config ured for Xmodem protocol, receiv e the bin ary file (for exampl e the HyperTerminal for Windows Transfer -> Receive File command) to transf er the SERIMUX firmware to a binary file. When saving the fi[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 26 3.2. User Controls Users can connect only to accessible ports as defined by the adm inistrator. A list of those ports will b e disp layed with a successful login. Connection can be ma de u sing the TERMIN AL, or a serial terminal with an emulator (e .g. W indows HyperTerminal) connected to the [...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 27 3.2.2 User main menu The User main menu includes : • user index number and nam e • index number and name of the login port • user command list Figure 21- User main menu From the "User main menu" the followin g functions are possible: Function Keystroke Connect to host port [1]-[[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 28 3.2.3 Port List screen From the "User main menu", press [3] to display the list of user accessible ports and information abo ut these ports. Only the administrator can change the communication settings. Figure 22- A limited user accessible Port list On consecutive columns, the followi[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 29 3.2.4 User Terse mode This mode is especially useful when the SE RIMUX is directly cont rolled by externa l softwa re from a serial console (as a user without administrative privileges), ra ther than being controlled by a user from a keyboard interface. Entering short command strings performs f[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 30 ¾ Verbose mode Send or type in: [V] [Enter] The answer will be: OK [CR][LF] and the Terse mode will be terminated. The “Accessible hos t list” or the “User main menu” will be display e d. Note: Once a user configured for T erse mod e login exits Te rse mode to enter Verbose mode, Terse[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 31 Every port is defined through the followin g p arameters: Table 2- SERIMUX Port Characteristics Description Acceptable Value Default Value Number 0-8/16/24/32 Same (not changeable) Name Up to 15 characters “Port00” to “Port32” Type – port 0 User User (not changea ble) Type – except [...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 32 4. USING THE TERMINAL 4.1 How To Setup The TERMINAL The TERMINAL is compatible with most CP Us and application pack ages. A menu driven setup system is provided to select an d save the settings required by the CPU and applic ation. To c ontrol the CPU, or in this case the SERIMUX, a user must b[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 33 4.2 Changing The TERMIN AL Operating Parameters To select one of the setup menus shown, press the indicat ed function key. - The screen for that menu appear s with the name high lighted. - The fields at the middle of the screen indica te the parameters that can be changed in that menu. - The to[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 34 Monitor causes the terminal to display symbols for escape sequ enc es and control codes without ac ting on them (test feature). Status Line sets the top line of the screen as the status line. End of Line Wr ap causes the cursor to move to the start of the next lin e when additional characters a[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 35 Multiple Sessions defines whether an Ethernet connectio n supports multiple sessions function. ON : indicates the terminal sup ports multiple sessions. Each session only has one dis play page. In 80 or 132 column mode , 8 simultaneous sessions are supported. In Econ-80 column mode, 12 simu ltan[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 36 Table 4- Programmab le Keys Enhanced PC-Style Key board Enhanced PC-Style Key board F1 through F12 ENTER (Both ENTER keys are progr ammable) (UP ARROW) ESCAPE (DOWN ARROW) HOME (LEFT ARROW) INSERT (RIGHT ARROW) PAGE DOWN BACKSPACE PAGE UP DELETE PRINT SCREEN END TAB F8 - Ansbk SET-UP Menu A mes[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 37 F11 - Colr2 Set-up Menu The color functionality differs with emu lat ion. In general VT100, VT220 an d ANSI C onsole work with a pplications, which control the color directly. The remaining person alities associate colors based on existing mo noch rome video attributes. This section wi ll defin[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 38 Table 6- Color Palettes Palette Display A ttribute Foreground Color Background Color 0 Normal Reverse (or blank) *1 Intensity *2 Intensity *2 and reverse (or blank) *1 Underline Underline and reverse( or blank) *1 Underline and intensity *2,*3 Underline, intensity, *2 and reverse (or blank) *1 [...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 39 Table 6- Color Palettes (Cont'd) Palette Display A ttribute Foreground Color Background Color 6 Normal Reverse (or blank) *1 Intensity *2 Intensity *2 and reverse (or blank) *1 Underline Underline and reverse (or blank) *1 Underline and intensity *2,*3 Underline, intensity, *2 and reverse [...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 40 4.3 Local Keyboard Commands Table 7 lists local keyboard comman ds in the terminal's native mode. Table 7- Local Key board Commands in Native Mode Key Sequence by keyboard Style Command Enhanced PC Toggle CAPS LOCK on/off CAPS LOCK Toggle NUM LOCK on/off NUM LOCK Put terminal in SETUP mode[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 41 4.4 TERMINAL Command Guide 4.4.1 Commands Supported in ASCII Personalities Table 8 lists all the ASCII commands recogni zed by the terminal . The native mode code for the command is given in the second column. (The native mode includes WY-32 5,W Y-120 an d WY-60.) T he remaining columns show th[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 42 Table 8- Commands Supporte d in ASCII Personalities (Cont'd) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- Command ----------------------------------------------------------------[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 43 Table 8- Commands Supporte d in ASCII Personalities (Cont'd) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- Command ----------------------------------------------------------------[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 44 Table 8- Commands Supporte d in ASCII Personalities (Cont'd) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- Command ----------------------------------------------------------------[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 45 Table 8- Commands Supporte d in ASCII Personalities (Cont'd) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- Command ----------------------------------------------------------------[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 46 Table 8- Commands Supporte d in ASCII Personalities (Cont'd) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- Command ----------------------------------------------------------------[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 47 Table 8- Commands Supporte d in ASCII Personalities (Cont'd) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- Command --------------------------------------------------------------------- --[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 48 5.4.2 Variable Values for Table 8 Commands answer Up to 20 characters to defin e ans werback message attr Display A ttribut es attr Display A ttributes SPACE Space charact er p Dim 0 Normal q Dim and invisible 1 Blank r Dim and blink 2 Blink s Dim, blink, invisible 3 Blink and Blank t Dim and r[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 49 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Variable Values for Table 8 Commands (Cont'd) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 50 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Variable Values for Table 8 Commands (Cont'd) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 51 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Variable Values for Table 8 Commands (Cont'd) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 52 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Variable Values for Table 8 Commands (Cont'd) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 53 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Table 9- Supported VT100, VT220 and Console ANSI Commands, Cont'd ------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 54 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Table 9- Supported VT100, VT220 and Console ANSI Commands, Cont'd ------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 55 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Table 9- Supported VT100, VT220 and Console ANSI Commands, Cont'd ------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 56 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Table 9- Supported VT100, VT220 and Console ANSI Commands, Cont'd ------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 57 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Table 9- Supported VT100, VT220 and Console ANSI Commands, Cont'd ------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 58 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Table 9- Supported VT100, VT220 and Console ANSI Commands, Cont'd ------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 59 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Table 9- Supported VT100, VT220 and Console ANSI Commands, Cont'd ------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 60 4.6 Using Printer Server via Ethernet Connection Introduction In order to send print jobs to a network-based pri nter, the Et hernet Print Terminal functi on in the T ERMINAL must be used. To use this function, the Telnet Terminal communic ation option descr ibed on page 1 is available. For thi[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 61 4.6.2 Setup for LPD Follow those steps from step 1 to step 2 described in Basic Se tup. The following steps ar e dep endent on the operating system. Please refer to the UNIX administration guide. The follo wing illustrat ed steps are under BSD system. Step 3. Create a sp ooling director y Use m[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 62 4.6.3 LPD printing LPD protocol is built-in to most of the UNIX system. However, deta iled implementat ion of LPD differs among UNIX systems. Please refer to the UNIX administration guide for reference. T he follo wing illustrated printing comma nd is under BSD system or System V version. For B[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 63 4.7 On-Screen Display (OSD) 4.7.1 Standard Controls The RACKMUX LCD has 5 standard co ntrol buttons and a power LED. The 5 stand ard c ontrol buttons operate as follows: • The Power button turns the RACKMUX LCD and back light ON and OFF as desired. • The Power LED located immedi ately b elo[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 64 4.7.2.2 Brightness/Contrast Menu Selecting the Brightness/Contrast menu wi ll b ring up a screen in which the user c an a djust the brightness and contrast levels o f the LCD display. With either the BRIGHTNESS or CONTRAST sections highlighted, (use the Up or Down arrow to move between them), p[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 65 4.7.2.5 Setup Menu Selecting the Setup menu will brin g up a screen in which the user can adjus t  OSD POSITION-the position of t he OSD menus on the LC D displ ay  OSD TIME-the length of time the user can be idle before the OSD menu a utomatica lly ex its (adjustable from 10 to 60 second[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 66 4.8 Keyboard Functions The keyboard on the RACKMUX has a stan dard co ndensed Windo ws format. To reduce the keyboard size, some ke ys have been assigned multiple functions, accessible via the "Fn" key. This section will describe which keys have multiple functi ons and how to enable t[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 67 4.8.1 Number Pad The functionality of a Number Pad on a st andard Windo ws keyboard has been incorporat ed into this keyboard. To substitute the keys of the Number Pad 1. Press the "NumLock" key. The NumLock LED ( ) will illuminate. 2. Press the "Fn" key. This will lock the [...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 68 5. HARDW ARE INFORMA TION Introduction This chapter provides information o n har dwar e specifications, pinouts for the Ethernet cable, pi no uts for port connectors, and pinouts for the cable adapters. 5.1 Hardware Specifications: TERMINAL Physical Size (In.) WxDxH 19x18.4x1.75 Weight 23.3 lbs[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 69 5.3 CPU-to-RACKMUX Ethe rnet Crossover Cable In order to make a direct connection between a CPU and th e ETHERNET conn ector of the RACKMUX, a crossover cable must be used. The cable is made with CAT5 cable terminated wit h RJ45 conn ecto rs and wired according to the chart bel ow. Pin assignme[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 70 5.6 Cable Adapters The SERIMUX comes with four cable adapt ers. The following illustrations sho w cable adapter pin outs. Additional ad apters can be purchased from NTI. DB-25 Male Conso l e Adapter (NTI P/N DB25M-RJ45F-T) DB-25 Male to RJ45 Connector Pin Assignments RJ45 Signal DB-25M Signal 1[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 71 DB-25 Female Console A dapter (NTI P/N DB25F-RJ45F) DB-25 Female to RJ45 Pin Assignments RJ45 Signal DB-25F Signa l 1 CTS Connected to 4 RTS 2 DSR 5 DCD Connected to 20 DT R 3 RxD Connected to 2 TxD 4 GND Con nected to 7 GND 6 TxD Connected to 3 RxD 6 DCD 7 DTR Connecte d to 8 DSR 8 RTS Connect[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 72 5.8 TERMINAL Connector Pin Assignments Serial Port (Serial 2) Connector Pin Assignments (RS232C 9-pin connecto r) Pin Signal Mnemonic Direction 1 Data carrier detect DCD In 2 Receiv e data RxD In 3 Transmit data TxD Out 4 Data terminal r eady DTR Out 5 Signal gro und SGND 6 Data set ready DSR I[...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 73 5.9 Dimensional Drawings 1. 75 I N . 1 9 .0 0 IN . Front Vi ew of R A CKMU X-T15- R S16 Slott ed holes for se cu ring termi nal drawer t o r ack 15" LC D Display 2 1 .9 IN . Rear Vi ew of RACKMU X-T15- R S16 SE RIAL PARAL LEL ET HERNET 12 VDC CON NEC TOR RJ 45 S ERIA L D EV ICE CO NNE CTO [...]

NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 74 INDEX access to ports, 22 A dministrator password, 23 ASCII commands, 41 BSD UNIX system, 62 cable adapters, 70 cabling, 69 change administrator password, 23 C onfigure the terminal, 8 connect to SERIMUX. connectors, 6 C onsole Terminal, 1 control buttons, 63 crossover cable, 69 Crossover cable[...]