This appendix provides the settings you must use to access monitor mode using a laptop computer. These settings are different from those described in Chapter 3.

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

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