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Laptop Settings for Accessing Monitor Mode

This appendix shows you how to set options to access monitor mode using a laptop computer. These settings are different from those described in Chapter 3.

To Access the Terminal Concentrator From a Laptop

1. Provide monitor mode connectivity into the terminal concentrator using a laptop computer running the Microsoft Windows 98 Operating System.

a. Attach a DB-9 to DB-25 female-female, customer-supplied adapter into the Serial COM1 port of the laptop computer.

b. Connect the RJ-45 end of the serial cable (Part No. 2151A) to Port 1 of the terminal concentrator; connect the other end to the DB-25 to DB-9
female-female adapter.

FIGURE B-1 Monitor Mode Connectivity Using a Laptop Computer

Line art showing the cable connections between the terminal concentrator and a laptop computer.

2. Click Start ➤ Programs ➤ Accessories ➤ Communications ➤ HyperTerminal to open the HyperTerminal folder.

3. In the HyperTerminal folder, double-click the HyperTerm icon to display the Connection Description window.

4. In the Connection Description window, type StandardConfig in the Name field, and click the icon that you want. Click OK to display the Connect To window.

5. In the Connect To window, select the Direct to Com1 option from the Connect Using field. Click OK to open the Connect To window and to display the COM1 Properties window.

6. In the COM1 Properties window, select the following options:

Bits per second: 9600

Data bits: 8

Parity: None

Flow Control: None

7. Click OK to open the StandardConfig-HyperTerminal application window and to support monitor mode.

8. In the StandardConfig-HyperTerminal window, select File ➤ Properties to open the StandardConfig Properties window.

9. In the StandardConfig Properties window, click the Settings option, and select VT100 for the Emulation option.

At this point, the HyperTerminal window provides monitor mode access to the terminal concentrator.

Note - To set up the terminal concentrator, see To Configure the Terminal Concentrator.