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2. 43 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH Table 5 Color Palettes Cont d Palette Display Attribute Foreground Color Background Color 6 Normal Yellow Black Reverse or blank Black Yellow Intensity 2 Red Black Intensity and reverse or blank Black Red Underline Cyan Black Underline and reverse or blank Black Cyan Underline and intensity 2 3 Magenta Black Underline intensity 2 and reverse or blank Black Magenta 7 Normal Red Black Reverse or blank Yellow Red Intensity 2 Magenta Black Intensity 2 and reverse or blank 4 Black Magenta Underline Cyan Black Underline and reverse or blank Black Cyan Underline and intensity 2 3 Green Black Underline intensity 2 and reverse or blank Black Green 8 Normal White Black Reverse or blank Black White Intensity 2 Red Black Intensity and reverse or blank 4 Black Red Underline Yellow Black Underline and reverse or blank Black Yellow Underline and intensity2 3 Magenta Black Underline intensity 2 and reverse or blank Black Magenta 9 Normal White Black Reverse or blank 4 Black White Intensity 2 Yellow Black Intensity 2 and reverse or blank 4 Black Yellow Underline Blue Black Underline and reverse or blank 4 Black Blue Underline and intensity 2 3 Cyan Black Underline intensity 2 and reverse or blank Black Cyan 10 Soft Palette Normal Green Black soft Reverse or blank Black
3. 1 Using a CPU connected to Port 1 start a terminal program e g Windows HyperTerminal and configure it as follows e direct connection using the appropriate CPU local serial Com port 9600 bps 8 bits no parity 1 stop bit no flow control ANSI or VT100 terminal mode 2 Log in as administrator page 12 Note During the transfer and the internal upgrade all ports except the TERMINAL and Port 1 and all users are disconnected 3 Locate on the local hard disk the binary file containing a valid firmware version downloaded from the NTI website at www networktechinc com 4 From the Firmware menu pg 24 press 2 then v to confirm All other ports will be disconnected and disabled during the firmware update procedure User 2 Mame PAUL Port 0 Name Por t00 l fibout firmware 2 Load new firmware 3 Save current firmware Do you want to load a new firmware V N _ Figure 26 Firmware upload window 5 Type A T AT case sensitive must be uppercase to activate the SERIMUX auto baud detection 6 When prompted press v to confirm and C to continue with the procedure Note Proceeding past this point will erase all programming The firmware upgrade must be completed for the SERIMUX to function l fibout firmware 2 Load now firmare 3 Save current firmware Do you want to load a now firmware Y N Please connect Port OO or Port B1 to the PC 8 N 1 no flow control D
4. RJ45 Signal DB9F Signal 1 CTS Connected to 7 RTS 2 DSR 5 DCD Connected to 4 DTR 3 RxD Connected to 3 TxD 4 GND Connected to 5 GND 6 TxD Connected to 2 RxD 1 DCD 7 DTR Connected to 6 DSR 8 RTS Connected to 8 CTS 70 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH DB25 Female Console Adapter NTI P N DB25F RJ45F Pin 1 Pin 13 N Pin 25 DB25 Female to RJ45 Pin Assignments RJ45 Signal DB25F Signal 1 CTS Connected to 4 RTS 2 DSR 5 DCD Connected to 20 DTR 3 RxD Connected to 2 TxD 4 GND Connected to 7 GND 6 TxD Connected to 3 RxD 6 DCD 7 DTR Connected to 8 DSR 8 RTS Connected to 5 CTS DB25 Male Modem Adapter NTI P N DB25M RJ45F C Pin 13 Pin 1 DB25 Male Modem to RJ45 Pin Assignment RJ45 Signal Signal 1 CTS Connected to 5 CTS 2 DSR Connected to 6 DSR 3 RxD Connected to 3 RxD 4 GND Connected to 7 GND 5 DCD Connected to 8 DCD 6 TxD Connected to 2 TxD 7 DTR Connected to 20 DTR 8 RTS Connected to 4 RTS 71 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 5 7 TERMINAL Connector Pin Assignments Serial Port Serial 2 Connector Pin Assignments RS232C 9 pin connector Pin Signal Mnemonic Direction 1 Data carrier detect DCD In 2 Receive data RxD In OI G 6 3 Transmit data
5. ccc One to three decimal value of column relative to home char Character that replaces unprotected characters col See line col color color color color color color 1 Black 6 Magenta D Dim cyan 2 Bue 7 Yellow E Dim red 3 Green 8 White F Dim magenta 4 Cyan B Dim blue G Dim yellow 5 Red C Dim green H Dim white cursor Cursor Display cursor Cursor Display 0 Cursor display off 3 Blinking line cursor 1 Cursor display on 4 Steady line cursor 2 Steady block cursor 5 Blinking block cursor dir Direction 0 Normal 1 Remote 2 Local NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH Variable Values for Table 7 Commands Cont d fcolor Foreground Color fcolor Foreground Color 1 5 Black Red 2 Bue 6 Magenta 3 Green 7 Yellow 4 Cyan 8 White Function field field Function field field Key unshifted shifted Key unshifted shifted F1 0 P F7 6 V F2 1 Q F8 7 W F3 2 R F9 8 X F4 3 S F10 9 Y F5 4 T F11 Z F6 5 U F12 Function fkey fkey Function fkey fkey Key unshifted shifted Key unshifted shifted F1 F7 F f F2 a F8 G g F3 b F9 H h F4 c F10 l i F5 d F11 J j F6 e F12 K k hndshk Handshaking Protocol Receive Transmit 0 None default None default 1 XON XOFF XON XOFF 2 DTR 3 Both Keyboard Style key Enhanced
6. e In native mode only the reverse attribute can be assigned to the data area 55 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH Variable Values for Table 7 Commands Cont d 1 F1 6 F6 2 F2 7 F7 3 F3 8 F8 4 F4 9 F8 5 F5 0 F10 P2 Function Key 1 Remote 2 Local 3 Normal Page Page 0 page 0 In the 80 columns mode There have 4 pages of display memory 1 page 1 In the 132 columns mode There have 3 pages of display memory 2 page 2 In the Econ 80 columns mode There have 7 pages of display memory 3 page 3 4 page 4 5 page 5 6 page 6 Palette Color Pallette Palette Color Pallette Palette Color Pallette 0 Palette 0 4 Palette 4 8 Palette 8 1 Palette 1 5 Palette 5 9 Palette 9 2 Palette 2 6 Palette 6 Palette 10 3 Palette 3 7 Palette 7 0 None 2 Mark 1 Odd 3 Even pp 2 byte hex value of character positions f In the illustrations DEC decimal value HEX hexadecimal value Read across then down Scroll Scrolling Type Speed Ips Jump scroll lt Smooth scroll 1 Smooth scroll 2 gt Smooth scroll 4 Smooth scroll 8 sequence Up to 64 bytes to be loaded in function key Native Mode A PC Multinational B Standard ASCII D PC Standard G Standard ANSI 0 1 1 2 text 78 characters 80 columns
7. Assign character display attribute Character attribute mode off Character attribute mode on Page attribute mode on Line attribute mode on Assign write protected character display attribute Clear unprotected page to display attribute Assign line attribute Redefine color map values Set tag protect attribute Reset tag protect attribute Select a predefined color palette g Map blank attribute g Map reverse attribute g Protecting Data Write protect mode off Write protect mode on Clear cursor column to write protected spaces Protect mode off Protect mode on Native Mode ESC w length ESC w B or ESC ke ESC w C or ESC Keg ESC w page ESC xA line ESC x 1 line ESC x 3 line ESC x C line ESC ESC ESC J or ESC K ESC xP ESC xR ESC wE ESC wF ESC x ESC x0 ESC A mf attr ESC G attr ESC e0 ESC e 1 ESCe2 ESCe3 ESC wpca ESC ESC G Jattr ESC dy fcolor bcolor map ESC dz palette ESC d ESC d 49 ESC 0 wpcaf Wyse ENH TVI PC 910 925 Term ESC J ESC K NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH Table 7 Commands Supported in ASCII Personalities Cont d FUNCTION Native Mode Wyse TVI WY 50 910 925 Graphics Characters Graphics mode on Graphics mode off Display graphics character Controlling the Cursor Cursor left backspace Cursor right Cursor up no scroll Cursor up scroll reverse linefeed Cursor down no scroll Cursor do
8. Figure 23 A limited user accessible Port list On consecutive columns the following are displayed Column Description Port index number of the port Press R to refresh and re display the Port Name Name assigned to the port information on the screen Usr Hst Port type user or host Modem Yes if modem is attached if not If the number of user accessible ports is BaudRate Receiving and transmitting speed of the port greater than 17 press N to see the next page Serial Character size parity and stop bit number press P to see the first page Flow Defines flow control method Hard RTS CTS or outband Press Esc or Space to return to the Soft Xon Xoff or inband User main menu Both None Xon Xoff Characters used for Xon and Xoff flow control Discon In band disconnect sequence 1 3 characters or none 28 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 3 2 4 User Terse mode This mode is especially useful when the SERIMUX is directly controlled by external software from a serial console as a user without administrative privileges rather than being controlled by a user from a keyboard interface Entering short command strings performs functions similar to the user main menu commands A CH LF sequence ends every string The commands are not echoed the SERIMUX returns to the serial console a specific answer if the command is successfully accomplished or an
9. Send screen Transparent print mode off Transparent print mode on PR port receive mode off PR port receive mode on Select parallel printer Select serial printer Print line Send line Copy print mode off Copy print mode on Transmit form feed after send screen operation No form feed after send screen operation Send characters at cursor Send answerback message Suspend transmission Resume transmission More Terminal Control Commands Display screen adjustment pattern Sound bell if enabled Abort escape sequence no character displayed s Abort escape sequence display reverse question mark Initiate escape sequence Next Page Preceding Page Terminal Resets Soft terminal reset Hard terminal reset Terminal Status Reports Request primary attributes report Request secondary attributes report Respond with current revision Request terminal status report Respond terminal functioning and ready Request cursor position report Respond cursor at line I column c Request printer status report Respond printer ready Respond printer not ready Respond printer not connected Request function key status report Respond key definitions not locked Respond key definitions locked Supported VT100 VT220 and Console ANSI Commands Cont d VT100 VT220 CSI 16h CSI 161 CSI 18 h CSI 18 1 CSI 19 h CSI 19 1 CSIOiorCSli CSI2i CSI 4i CSI 5i CSI 6i CSI 7i CSI 8i CSI 9i CSI 71 i CSI 23 i CSI 4 i CSI 25 i CSI 1
10. Table 7 Commands Supported in ASCII Personalities Cont d FUNCTION Native Mode Wyse TVI WY 50 910 925 Print Functions Print formatted page Print formatted unprotected page Print unformatted page Select Parallel printer Select Serial printer Auxiliary print mode off Auxiliary print mode on Transparent print mode off Transparent print mode on Bi directional mode off Bi directional mode on Auxiliary receive mode off Auxiliary receive mode on Set print terminator Define delimiters Character Sets Select primary character set Select secondary character set Define primary character set Define secondary character set Load font bank with predefined Clear font bank Define and load character ESC P ESC ESC por ESC L ESC d ESC d CTRL T CTRLR CTRL T ESC d ESCd ESC d ESC d SPACE ESCd ESC c D ESC cE ESC c B bank ESC c C bank ESC c bank set ESC c bank ESC c A bank pp bb bb CTRL Y 1 PCG ALPHA in Mono Text Model machine 3 Valid only in Color Model machine 4 With enhance mode off 5 With enhance mode on 6 Automatically display in native mode May be hidden by assigning blank attribute ESC A I I 7 Screen cleared 8 If screen is not split 9 In WY 325 only 10 In TeleVideo 925 only 11 In TeleVideo 910 only 52 Same ESC La ESCA ESC 9 ESC a ESC CTRL T CTRL ESC p ESC x NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH
11. 1 Space 25 8 49 P 73 h 2 26 9 50 Q 74 i 3 27 51 R 75 j 4 28 52 S 76 k 5 29 53 T 77 l 6 30 54 U 78 m 7 amp 31 gt 55 V 79 n 8 32 56 Ww 80 o 9 33 57 X 81 p 10 34 A 58 Y 82 q 11 35 B 59 Z 83 r 12 36 Cc 60 84 s 13 j 37 D 61 85 t 14 38 E 62 86 u 15 39 F 63 87 v 16 I 40 G 64 _ 88 w 17 0 41 H 65 g 89 x 18 1 42 l 66 a 90 y 19 2 43 J 67 b 91 z 20 3 44 K 68 c 92 21 4 45 L 69 d 93 22 5 46 M 70 e 94 23 6 47 N 71 f 95 24 7 48 O 72 g 96 DEL RUB c Native codes also recognized in WY 50 TVI 910 925 and PC Term personalities and in ADDS VP A2 personality absolute cursor addressing IIl One to three decimal value of line relative to home map Definition map Definition 1 Normal 5 Underline 2 Reverse or blank q 6 Underline and reverse or blank g 3 Intensity 7 Underline and intensity 4 Intensity and reverse or blank g 8 Underline intensity and reverse or blank g d Colors mapped to reverse or blank depending on the setting of the Color Map setup parameter or the equivalent escape sequences Max Maximum Speed 1 60 characters per second 2 No limit default 3 150 characters per second message 46 characters 80 columns 98 characters 132 columns mf Screen Areare mf Screen Areare 0 Data area 2 Terminal message field 1 Function key label line 3 Computer message field
12. 4 4 2 Variable Values for Table 7 Commands answer Up to 20 characters to define answerback message Display Attributes Display Attributes Space character p Dim Normal q Dim and invisible 1 Blank r Dim and blink 2 Blink S Dim blink invisible 3 Blink and Blank t Dim and reverse 4 Reverse u Dim reverse invisible 5 Reverse and invisible V Dim reverse blink 6 Reverse and blink Ww Dim reverse blink invisible 7 Reverse blink invisible X Dim and underline 8 Underline y Dim underline invisible 9 Underline and invisible Z Dim underline blink Underline and blink Dim underline blink invisible Underline blink invisible Dim underline reverse lt Underline and reverse Dim underline reverse invisible Underline reverse invisible Dim underline reverse blink gt Underline reverse blink DEL Dim underline reverse blink invisible 2 Underline reverse blink invisible bank Font Bank bank Font Bank Font bank 0 Font bank 2 1 Font bank 1 3 Font bank 3 a Holds predefined character set SH Baud Rate KH Baud Rate on Baud Rate baud Baud Rate 115200 19200 2400 lt 200 1 76800 9600 S 1200 134 5 2 57600 6 7200 f 600 gt 110 3 38400 7 4800 300 50 bb bb 32 byte character string defining bit pattern of character E Background Color ne Background Color Black Red Bue Magenta 3 Green 7 Yellow 4 Cyan 8 White
13. Por t26 Port2 Por t28 Por t29 Por t30 Port31 Por t32 je eeben emis eghen ir ie secs be ur ln en ebe ben anden ms al ed coococoococcocecw t o o oa aa 0 0 o o o o 0 0 oO m ech zb rb rb rk eh ech cb zb zb zb eck vk eh ek 3 lt ccccCCcCC CC CCC CCC CCC pe mfe mrs een len Ce adea mba mjam pt cra E rudera den n eier td s OCC C C C C C C Cc C Cc C C Cc c Press lt gt to change user 11 0 to grant deny access Connected 1 41 10 auto detect 96008 N 1 SCROLL caPs MN Capture Prnt echo Figure 17 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 conjunction with the 1 to grant or 0 to deny command ie 1 1 4 7 9 15 will grant access to ports 1 through 4 7 9 and 15 all in one command string 3 1 5 2 Copy User Settings From the User settings menu press to copy the current user s user settings to memory press asterisk to start the paste function Three options are available Option Description Y Apply the settings in memory to the current user shown A Apply the user settings in memory to all users Sxx where xx is 01 16 apply the user settings in memory to a specific user The Y option is particularly useful if the administrator wants to place a particular user s settings into memory and move around to other users using the or k
14. or CSI s ESC 8 60 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH Supported VT100 VT220 and Console ANSI Commands Cont d Command FUNCTION VT100 VT220 Console ANSI Editing Functions Cont d Erase erasable characters from start of display CSI 1 J to cursor Erase erasable characters in entire display CSI 2 J Erase erasable characters from cursor to end of line CSI 0 K Erase erasable characters from start of line CSI 1 K to cursor Erase erasable characters from entire line CSI 2 K Erase n characters beginning at cursor CSIn X Insert n blank characters beginning at cursor CSI n Insert n blank lines beginning at cursor line CSInL Delete n line beginning at cursor line CSInM Delete n characters beginning at cursor CSInP Controlling Margins Set top bottom margins of scrolling t Top line number b Bottom line number optional if omitted treated as bottom screen line Controlling Tabs Clear tab stop at cursor CSI 0 gor CSI2W Clear all tab stops CSI3gor CSI5W Set tab stop at cursor CSI 0 W or ESC H Set tab stop every 8th column CSI 5 W Move forward n tab stops CSInI Move backward n tab stops CSInZ Move cursor to next tab stop CTRL I Controlling Scrolling Smooth scrolling on Jump scrolling on Set 0 Ips smooth scrolling speed Set 1 Ips smooth scrolling speed Set 2 Ips smooth scrolling speed Set 4 Ips smooth scrolling speed Set 8 Ips smooth scrolling speed Program function keys DCS c kl
15. to their factory default values 4 1 3 Setup Directory The fields at the bottom of the screen show the various setup menus where the terminal s operating parameters can be changed and the function key to press to immediately display any menu Setup Save F1 F11 selects menu Shift ESC sets defaults SPACE toggles F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F7 F9 F10 F11 F12 Keybd Figure 31 Fields in the Setup menu display which function keys to press for submenus 37 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 4 2 Changing The TERMINAL Operating Parameters To select one of the setup menus shown press the indicated function key The screen for that menu appears with the name highlighted The fields at the middle of the screen indicate the parameters that can be changed in that menu The top line identifies the keys to press to highlight the parameter fields and change the settings The procedure is 1 Use arrow key to highlight the parameter field to be changed 2 Use the Spacebar to change the parameter F12 always returns the user to the top menu The following tables list the parameters for each menu and explain their settings Default settings are listed first unless otherwise noted F1 Disp SETUP Menu Columns sets the screen display for 80 columns 132 columns or Econ 80 80 columns with more pages of memory Lines sets the screen display for 24 25 42 or 43 lines 24 lines are normally required for VT
16. 130 characters 132 columns Volume BELL Volume Volume BELL Volume Loud Low g Medium SP Off 56 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH Variable Values for Table 7 Commands Cont d wnd page Window or Page 0 Page 0 or upper window 1 Page 1 or lower window Word Data Word 0 7 bits 1 8 bits Write Protected Display Attribute Write Protected Display Attribute 6 Reverse g C Invisible on 7 Dim g E Underline on A Normal g F Reverse on B Blink on G Dim on g Clears other write protected attributes wpca1 Display Attribute wpca1 Write Protected Display Attribute Normal H Normal A Dim Dim B Blink J Blink C Dim Blink K Dim Blink D Invisible L Invisible P Reverse Rev X Reverse Rev Q Rev Dim Y Rev Dim R Rev Blink Z Rev Blink S Rev Dim Blink Rev Dim Blink T Rev Invisible X Rev Invisible Underline UL h Underline UL a UL Dim i UL Dim b UL Blink j UL Blink C UL Dim Blink k UL Dim Blink p UL Rev D UL Rev q UL Rev Dim y UL Rev Dim r UL Rev Blink E UL Rev Blink S UL Rev Dim Blink UL Rev Dim Blink 4 5 ANSI Command Guide 4 5 1 VT100 VT220 and Console ANSI Command Guide Supported VT100 VT220 and Console ANSI Commands FUNCTION Controlling Functional modes Lock keyboard Unlock keyboard Monitor mode on 2 Monitor mode off Insert mode on Insert mode off Local echo off Local echo on N
17. 26 LPD method 65 materials supplied 3 modem settings 18 WARRANTY INFORMATION password 11 port access 22 Port List 13 Port serial settings 16 port settings 14 printer connection 6 programmable keys 41 quick start 8 Remote System Control 1 reset button 4 ROOT 12 RS 232 Emulations 1 serial communications 11 Serial Control 11 serial port characteristics 73 setup directory 8 specifications 68 SUN Microsystems 1 telnet 1 terminal drawer 1 TERMINAL setup 8 37 Terse mode 29 TFTP printing 67 user list 20 User main menu 27 user settings 21 VT100 57 VT220 57 VT52 64 Wyse 46 The warranty period on this product parts and labor is two 2 years from the date of purchase Please contact Network Technologies Inc at 800 742 8324 800 RGB TECH or 330 562 7070 or visit our website at http www networktechinc com for information regarding repairs and or returns A return authorization number is required for all repairs returns MAN102 Rev 8 19 08
18. 3 1 3 2 Modem settings From the Port settings menu press 6 to display the Modem settings menu Remote connections are possible if modems are used usually by the users The remote modem may call in to a local modem attached to a SERIMUX port A minimum number of port modem settings can be adjusted in the SERIMUX to control the connection try the default values first refer to the manual s for the modems otherwise devimum Hyper Terminal ll xl F e Edt Vew Cab Tree Heb Modem settings Port 3 Name Bert l Modem attached No 2 Reset string ATZ 3 Initialization string AT amp F amp C1 amp D2S0 0 A Hang up string D Hang up on NO CRRRTER message No Default strings Press I lt gt to change port to copy modem settings Korri 30 16 Ada die 9400 BAI Figure 13 Modem settings menu The administrator can initialize a modem attached to a SERIMUX port or disconnect the modem To control the modem connection from the Modem settings menu the following functions are possible Function Keystroke Attach and initialize a modem 1 A Disconnect a modem 1 D FYI If an old modem is attached to a SERIMUX port it may Change the modem reset string 2 be necessary to enable the Hang up on NO CARRIER Change the initialization string 3 message option in order to hang up and disconnect the Change the hangup string 4 attached modem when receiving
19. 76800 or 115200 Rev Hndshake allows the terminal to control the receipt of data from a device connected to the SERIAL 1 port with no handshaking None Xon Xoff handshaking DTR handshaking DTR Xoff handshaking XPC Hndshake ON OFF to set XPC code handshake only possible when the personality parameter is set to PC Term Ethernet Mode ON OFF to set the communication routing by Ethernet Network or Serial Port Data Stop Bits through the SERIAL 1 port the terminal to send and receive 8 bits data with one stop bit or two stop bits or 7 bits data with one stop or two stops bits Amt Handshake causes the terminal when sending data to a device connected to the SERIAL 1 port to ignore all incoming software handshaking signals None or to control data output in responds to Xon Xoff handshaking Printer Parallel sends data to a parallel printer connected to the parallel port Serial sends data to a serial printer connected to the serial 2 port OFF ignores the print command Auto Connect OFF ON selects whether a return character is required to establish an Ethernet connection Parity sets the terminal send data to the SERIAL1 port with none odd mark even or space parity 39 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH Comm Mode sets the SERIAL1 port communication mode to full duplex FDX block BLK half duplex HDX or half duplex block HBLK Multiple Sessions defines whether an Ethernet connection
20. ESC Q Fn see tables below an on next page for values kclhc ST string Program function key values in VT100 mode CG Clear kl Key Lock 0 Clear all key definitions 0 Lock key definitions 1 Clear keys only as they are redefined 1 Dont lock key definitions LG Shifted function key ke Shifted function key 12 F1 18 F7 13 F2 19 F8 14 F3 20 F9 15 F4 21 F10 16 F5 23 F11 17 F6 24 F12 61 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH Supported VT100 VT220 and Console ANSI Commands Cont d LG Unshifted function key ke Unshifted function key 6 F1 38 F7 7 F2 39 F8 8 F3 40 F9 9 F4 41 F10 10 F5 43 F11 37 F6 44 F12 hc Hexadecimal representation of character string assigned to the function key Note Multiple function key definitions can be programmed by entering the lt kc gt lt hc gt parameters for each separated by semicolons CL Program function key values from previous page in Console ANSI mode Redefine keys with string Function Define Specific Programmable Function key or Numeric keypad with String Format ESC Q Fn string Values of Fn for Programmable Function keys En FKey Fn FKey Fn F Key Fn F Key Value Value Value Value 0 F1 lt S F1 H CF1 T C S F1 1 F2 S F2 l C F2 U C S F2 2 F3 E S F3 J C F3 v C S F3 3 F4 S F4 K CF4 W C S F4 4 F5 S F5 L C F5 X C S F5 5
21. PC SPACE ESC SHIFT ESC TAB gt SHIFT HOME key Enhanced PC SHIFT TAB BACKSPACE SHIFT BACKSPACE SHIFT 1 SHIFT t SHIFT SHIFT ENTER kpd SHIFT ENTER kpd INSERT SHIFT INSERT PAGE DOWN SHIFT PAGE DOWN DELETE label 9 characters 80 columns 7 characters 132 columns Enhanced PC RETURN SHIFT RETURN HOME SHIFT DELETE PRINT SCREEN SHIFT PRINT SCREEN END SHIFT END PAGE UP SHIFT PAGE UP lattr Line Attribute Single high single wide characters Single high double wide characters Top half of double high single wide characters Bottom half of double high single wide characters Top half of double high double wide characters m o o m g Bottom half of double high double wide characters Idraw Graphics Character Idraw Graphics Idraw Character i Graphics Idraw Character Graphics Character gt 54 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH Variable Values for Table 7 Commands Cont d length Multiple Length of Page G 1xlines Equal to the number of data lines H 2xlines Double the number of data lines I p 4xlines Four times the number of data lines b Available only in WY 50 personality Line Column Jine col Line Column Jine col Line Column Jine col Line Column Jine col
22. TxD Out 4 Data terminal ready DTR Out 9 5 Signal ground SGND 6 Data set ready DSR In 7 Request to send RTS Out Mating Face 8 Clear to send CTS In of 9D Male Printer Port Connector Pin Assignments Compatible with the IBM PC parallel port Pin Signal Mnemonic Direction 1 Strobe Out 2 Data bit 0 Out 3 Data bit 1 Out 4 Data bit 2 Out 1 ee ge 0000000000000 6 Data bit 4 Out 3000000000000 7 Data bit 5 Out 8 Data bit 6 Out SUB D 25 9 Data bit 7 Out v Ai female connector 11 Busy In 12 Paper end In 13 Slct In 14 Auto feed XT Out 15 Error In 16 Init Out 17 Slctn Out 18 25 Ground Out Ethernet Connector Pin Assignments RJ45 8 pin female connector Pin Signal Direction 1 Transmit Out 2 Transmit Out 3 Receive In 6 Receive In Mating face of an RJ45 Female 72 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH Appendix A SERIMUX Port Characteristics Every port is defined through the following parameters Description Acceptable Value Default Value Number 0 8 16 24 32 Same not changeable Name Up to 15 characters PortOO to Port32 Type port 0 User User not changeable Type except port 0 User or Host Host Baud rate port 0 300 115200 9600 Baud rate except port 0 50 128000 9600 Data bits per character port 0 7 8 8 Data bits per character except port 0 5 6 7 8 8 Stop b
23. WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 5 HARDWARE INFORMATION Introduction This chapter provides information on hardware specifications pinouts for the Ethernet cable pinouts for port connectors and pinouts for the cable adapters 5 1 Hardware Specifications TERMINAL Physical Size In WxDxH 19x18 4x1 75 Weight 23 3 Ibs Temperature 0 38 C operating 30 60 C storage Humidity 17 to 96 non condensing Power Supply Auto ranging 90 262 VAC 47 63Hz Power Consumption 60W max lt 25W standby Cables Included Emulations Terminal Emulation Powercord IEC320 VT52 VT100 VT220 Console ANSI PC TERM TVI910 925 WY 50 WY 60 WY 100 WY 120 WY 325 PCG Alpha Character matrix 7x12 dot matrix in 10x16 cell with 3 dot descenders Screen size 80x25 Page length 1 2 or 4 screens multiple screen page length reduces maximum number of possible telnet sessions Cursor Blink or steady block or underline Modes Full duplex half duplex block mode half block mode Color modes Communication Ports Network port 16 foreground and 16 background colors One RJ45 10Base T Ethernet port Local printer ports One DB25F Parallel and one DB9M RS232 port Serial baud rates 50 to 115 200 bps Data format 7 or 8 data bits with or without parity 1 or 2 stop bits Serial handshake XON XOFF XPC and hardware DTR Communications options Sing
24. Will determine the color of the background screen under some conditions 16 colors Normal F G Normal B G These fields allow the user to select the character and background color 16 colors for data entered on the display before the application defines the color display remotely Border Color The color of the border around the edge of the screen Cursor Will select the color of the cursor 16 colors Intensity F G Intensity B G These fields allow the user to select the character and background color 16 colors for data entered on the display as Dim in ASCII emulation s and Bold in VIVANSI emulation s before the application defines the color display remotely Attribute Bold Blink Color mode Is automatically selected based on the emulation selected Color map Applies in WY325 mode only and determines if the monochrome attribute Reverse or Blank will be used to map monochrome attributes to color Color Association OFF ON Table 4 Color Setup Menu Option ASCII NOT WY325 WY325 VTXXX ANSI CONSOLE Background The whole data area of the No Function Same as ASCII Same as ASCII screen will be displayed in this color when the application hasn t entered character or spaces with the Normal or Intensity B G color Changes in Background color will affect Normal and Intensity B G Any clear screen commands will clear to this color Cursor Selects Cursor color Selects Cursor c
25. be 0 1 2 7 F2 Genrl SETUP Menu Personality sets the terminal s operating mode to Wyse 325 Wyse 120 Wyse 60 native mode Wyse 50 WY 50 WY 50 WY 100 ADM 31 5 38 TeleVideo TVI 925 TVI910 includes 910 ADDS A2 Digital Equipment VT 100 VT 220 7 bits VT 220 8 bits VT 52 Console ANSI PC TERM PCG Alpha Scroll Speed sets the display scroll rate to Jump the rate data is received Smooth 8 eight lines per second Smooth 4 Smooth 2 or Smooth 1 Rcvd CR causes the cursor to move to the beginning of the current line CR or the beginning of the next line CRLF when the terminal receives an ASCII CR Enhance allows the terminal to recognize an enhanced set of codes when the terminal is not in the native personality 38 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH Auto Scroll causes the data to scroll up a line when the cursor moves past the last line of the page Monitor causes the terminal to display symbols for escape sequences and control codes without acting on them test feature Status Line sets the top line of the screen as the status line End of Line Wrap causes the cursor to move to the start of the next line when additional characters are entered at the end of a line Attribute sets display attributes to be assigned to each character as it is entered Char to be active to the end of the line Line or to be active to the end of the page Page F3 Keybd SETUP Menu Keyclick sets the t
26. enabled Enable or disable user Y to enable any other character to disable User menu timeout Time interval of user inactivity 0 90 minutes 0 never before auto logout of the user will occur Administrator Enable administrative privileges for Y to enable any other character to disable privileges user Port access Define ports user has access to 1 port number to grant access to a port Displays user s Port access list 0 port number to deny access to a port Fig 16 or to change to different user access list User initial screen Select the initial user menu to M User main menu display upon user login H Accessible host list T Terse mode Reset user settings Restores factory default user A confirmation Y will be required to default settings When selecting each new user setting values press Esc or Spacebar to cancel or press Enter to save Press gt to display the current settings for the next port Press to display the current settings for the previous port Press Esc or Spacebar to return to the Administrator main menu 21 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH serimux HyperTerminal e ll x File Edit View Cal Transfer Help Port access User 1 Name User01 U Hifics Por t00 Por t 1 Por t02 Port03 Port04 Port05 Port06 Port07 Por t08 Por t 9 Port10 Portil Port12 Por t13 Porti Portis Port16 Por t25
27. new firmware To upgrade the firmware that controls the Console Switch as soon as improved versions become available download the firmware file from the NTI website at www networktechinc com to a local CPU and follow the instructions under Firmware Upgrade on page 31 to install it 3 1 6 2 2 Save current firmware In order to save the firmware currently in SERIMUX perhaps before installing new firmware from the Firmware menu press 3 for Save current firmware The message shown in Figure 20 will appear Note In order to save the current firmware the user must be using a CPU connected through port 1 as described under Firmware Upgrade on page 31 24 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH Fie Edt Vew Cal Trasfer Te 0 Name Por 00 l fibout firmware load new firmware 3 Save current firmware Wait for connection Press Ctrl X to abort Kocnected 2 49 56 An detet ooon fer ci M x9 eee P Figure 20 The SERIMUX is waiting to save its firmware The terminal program in the CPU connected to Port 1 must be configured for Xmodem protocol 1 Receive the binary file from the SERIMUX for example in HyperTerminal for Windows use the Transfer gt Receive File 2 When E the file choose a directory to place the file in and a name that will identify it with the extension bin i e SERIMUX1_8 bin With the file saved it can be restored to the SERIMUX at any time if desired 25 NTI RA
28. on the numeric keypad 3 In VT52 or VT100 modes displays checkerboard character 4 5 2 VT52 Command Guide Table 8 VT52 Mode Escape Sequences Command Move cursor up one line ESCA Move cursor down one line ESC B Move cursor right one column ESC C Move cursor left one column ESC D Move cursor to home position ESC H Move cursor up one line with scroll ESC I Move cursor to line line column col ESC Y line col Select graphics character set ESC F Select U S ASCII character set ESC G Erase from cursor to end of display ESCJ Erase from cursor to end of line ESC K Print cursor line ESC V Print display ESC Transparent print mode on ESC W Transparent print mode off ESC X Copy print mode on ESC Copy print mode off ESC Keypad application mode on ESC Keypad application mode off ESC gt Enter VT100 mode ESC lt Identify terminal ESC Z 64 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 4 6 Using Printer Server via Ethernet Connection Introduction In order to send print jobs to a network based printer the Ethernet Print Terminal function in the TERMINAL must be used To use this function the Telnet Terminal communication option described on page 1 is available For this option to work an Ethernet cable must be connected as described on page 6 There are two ways to send the print jobs to a network connected printer 1 through LPD protocol and 2 through TFTP protocol The LPD method is more suitable for prin
29. save its Trmware ttt tttntt tnt EuttEntEEAEEEEENEEEAEEEAEEASEEANEE Annne EEEE E neen ae 25 Figure 21 A user with limited host port access sssssssseeeeeeeem eene nnne nennen nennen nennen enn een nnne n nnne nennen nennen 26 Fig re 22 US6f Main mMenUs X 27 Figure 23 A limited user accessible Port list ccseseeesescceceseeceeteseeeeeneeeceeenenseeceaeeeeseueeeneenaeeseeeeesaueaeseseeseeeeseeeeseseesesennnaeesesenees 28 Fig re 24 Us r port in Terse e EE 29 Figure 25 Location of Restore Defaults button AA 30 Figure 26 Firmware upload window essem ennemi nennen nnn i ener enne nri een ens ener nennen nennen nens 31 Figure 27 Type AT to auto detect baud rate A 31 Figure 28 Last confirmation before firmware update AA 32 Figure 29 File transfer in progress Figure 30 CO PEREUDDIBIJ M Figure 31 Fields in the Setup menu display which function keys to press for submenus sesssesseeseesstesiesitsirsertstrnrirsrrnsrrnstnnennt 37 List of Tables Table 1 Main Setup Menu F12 Exit Functions nennen nennen rne nenetne irren trennen tree nre n nnt n nnne 9 Table 2 Main Setup Menu F12 Exit Functtons nennen nennen nennen neret nennen nenne tnn retenir e enne nnne nnns 37 EIER Programmable ye 41 gU PisSuImMe E
30. supports multiple sessions function ON indicates the terminal supports multiple sessions Each session only has one display page In 80 or 132 column mode 8 simultaneous sessions are supported In Econ 80 column mode 12 simultaneous sessions are supported OFF indicates the terminal only has single session In this mode page length greater than one page can be defined F5 Misc SETUP Menu Wprt Intensity sets the write protect attribute normal blank dim blank dim Block End causes the terminal to send a block of data to the CPU with a line terminator as an ASCII US character and block terminator as an ASCII CR character US CR or with line terminators as ASCII CR and LF characters and the block terminator as an ASCII ETX character CRLF ETX Ptr Parity causes the terminal to send the data to the SERIAL 2 printer port with none odd mark even or space parity Printer RCV ON OFF Wort Reverse sets the write protected characters to appear in reverse dark characters on a light background Ptr Baud rate sets the SERIAL 2 printer port baud rate to 75 150 300 600 1200 2400 4800 7200 9600 19200 38400 57600 76800 115200 230400 460800 Ptr Rev Hndshake sets the printer receive handshake through SERIAL 2 to be none DTR Xon Xoff DTR Xoff Wprt Underline sets the write protected characters to appear underlined Ptr Data Stop Bits sets the data and stop bits through the SERIAL 2 printer port Ptr Xmt Hndshake s
31. the message in nonvolatile memory exit Setup mode with the YES option F9 Lan Setup Menu This menu configures the terminal for Ethernet communication Use of Ethernet communications provides the additional ability to open multiple sessions applications on one or more CPUs servers at the same time Support of these extended features requires the server to be configured to accept telnet connections Note The Ethernet option in the F4 setup menu must be set to ON for the terminal to work in an Ethernet environment Local IP Address is the IP address assigned to this terminal This must be a unique IP address An example of this address is 200 200 200 10 Netmask is a value generated by the system based on the IP address The system administrator would have this information An example is 255 255 255 0 Gateway This IP address is used to communicate with other networks If a gateway is not being used this option should be blank Remote IP 0 B Address are for any remote CPU or devices that the terminal will communicate with for a specific session These twelve remote IP addresses should all be identical if all communications will be with only one CPU If Multiple sessions ON in the F4 menu has been selected and there is more than one CPU on the system the user must specify which CPU each session will communicate with To communicate with a different CPU for a future session these settings must be changed Note 1 The Multiple session opti
32. the screen will reappear 4 1 2 Saving and Exiting Setup The first menu seen when entering Setup serves as a directory to the other Setup menus To exit Setup or any submenu press F12 Pressing F12 will return the display to the main Setup directory and with another press of F12 the user will exit Setup The highlighted field at the right of the screen gives the user the choice of saving or not saving parameter changes into memory before returning the terminal to the normal operating mode Settings changed will effect the operating environment until the TERMINAL is powered down Setting changes will only be restored at power up if they are saved before exiting Setup Note If settings are not saved before exiting Setup any new selections will be lost when the RACKMUX is powered down To save Setup selections depress the Spacebar to change the save field at the right side of the screen from NO to YES before exiting Setup Table 2 describes your options for exiting Setup Press F12 to leave Setup and return to the normal display mode Table 2 Main Setup Menu F12 Exit Functions Option Function No Returns terminal to normal operating mode without saving parameters changes for power up Yes Saves all changes operating parameter tabs key definition and answerback message returns terminal To its normal operating mode Shift Esc Restores all settings operating parameters tabs key definitions and answerback message
33. with each See Fig 10 To set a 1 character sequence press 1 then the code from the table associated with the desired sequence Note If the 3 character disconnect sequence is enabled the string CR LF 3 char sequence gt CR LF has to be received to break the connection 7 characters ASCII Carriage Return and Line Feed respectively The CR and LF ASCII characters stand for 13 and 10 decimal codes FYI If the 1 character sequence is selected the connected device will not receive the disconnect character If the 3 character sequence is selected it will be sent to the connected device prior to breaking the connection Wa fide gen Cal Port 1 Control code list Code Name 07 BEL Connected 7 18 44 Figure 11 Control Codes for in band disconnect sequence When selecting each new port setting values press Esc or Spacebar to cancel Press greater than symbol to display the current settings for the next port Press less than symbol to display the current settings for the previous port Press Esc or Spacebar to return to the Administrator main menu Ctr1 6 Current disconnect sequence New sequence length 3 Ato detect OSNA BCE Drei Pp Mame Por 9 Code 26 d I i i LF i VI Ctrl CtrieSt 2 FF 2 i l i i i i i i 1 Get 2 Ctr1 X 024 kars or press Enter to save 15 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSO
34. 1 CSI 0I ESC 5 CTRL E CTRL S CTRL Q ESC 8 BEL CTRL G CAN CTRL X SUB CTRL Z ESC CTRL CSIU CSI V CSIOcor ESCZ CSI 0c CSI 1 20 Oc CSI 5n CSI On CSI 6n CSI c R CSI 15n CSI 10n CSI 11n CSI 13n CSI 25 n CSI 20 n CSI 21n 63 Command Console ANSI Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same Same NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH Supported VT100 VT220 and Console ANSI Commands Cont d Command FUNCTION VT100 VT220 Console ANSI Request keyboard status report CSI 26n Same Respond with keyboard language CSI 27 Psn Same see table below for values of Ps Values of Ps above Ps Keyboard Language Ps Keyboard Language 1 U S 6 Spanish 2 U K 7 Swedish 3 Danish 8 Norwegian 4 German 9 Italian 5 French 1 More than one mode but less than 17 may be set with one sequence Enter multiple numeric parameters separated by semicolons However you cannot combine sequences containing with those that don t contain nor can you combine sequences ending with h with those ending with I 2 To toggle monitor mode from the keyboard press CTRL SHIFT 1 use the 1
35. 3 Local Keyboard Commands E 45 4 4 TERMINAL Command Guide 46 4 4 1 Commands Supported in ASCII Personalities nennen nnne 46 4 4 2 Variable Values for Table 8 Commande sse eene nennen ness tenent ness nnns enne 53 4 5 ANSI Command Guide reote ir Ee decer ea EE ec Fra ORE E Pa Be curs rl pna fede id e ua daadaa 57 4 5 1 VT100 VT220 and Console ANSI Command Guide een nnne nnns 57 4 5 2 VT52 Command Guide ET 64 4 6 Using Printer Server via Ethernet Connection 65 aere e 65 4 6 2 Setup fof LPD M E as 66 4 6 3 LPD printing TT 67 A ar mee M 67 4 6 5 TE TP dn AS VE 67 5 HARDWARE INFORMATION cithara pn teat ran nex xa dan Dd Ee n neu naar Pei XE EEENOEEEEE EES 68 5 1 Hardware Specifications TERMINAL 68 5 2 Hardware Specifications SERIMUX enne enne a nene innen rss tris entretien nnns entren enne 68 5 3 CPU to RACKMUX Ethernet Crossover Cable sess ener enne nnne sinn entree nes 69 ESECI doe nies 69 5 5 Se tial Port PINGUIS 69 5 6 Cable Adapters M 70 5 7 TERMINAL Connector Pin Assignments ener sn nrne nennen nensis nnne 72 VIN DEX EE 74 WARRANTY INFORMATION WE 74 iii TABLE OF FIGURES Figure 1 Mount Switch inia Hack ouch e ne te re d a t rede dav ce Peng ea it eene Eva a EUR Rr eed Pese iSo ra
36. 30 41 F9 00 01 1E 00 4E B9 00 00 29 30 13 FC 08 N FFAG 68 3D 00 21 12 A8 60 00 2E SE 0C 03 00 20 67 BO to FFB0 EB BE 0C 03 00 1B 67 00 EB B6 OC 03 00 31 67 1E Qu deu 1g EECH OC 03 00 32 67 18 4A 39 800 21 12 6C 67 00 2E 38 29 J9 19 8 FFD OC 03 00 41 67 08 BC 03 OB 42 66 00 2E 2A 10 03 Ag BF FFE0 4E B9 00 00 2A 46 70 00 10 03 04 80 00 00 00 31 N Fp il FFF0 67 10 53 80 67 10 51 80 SF 80 OD 32 60 1B 20 0D g S g Q 2 Transmitted characters FF80 74 69 6E 67 73 OD OA 09 36 2E 55 73 65 72 20 64 tings 6 User d FF90 69 73 63 6F 6E 6E 65 63 74 2F 6C 6F 67 6F 75 74 isconnec t logout FFAG OD OA 09 37 2E 41 64 76 61 6E 63 65 64 20 73 65 7 fldv anced se FFB0 74 74 69 6E 67 73 OD OA 09 39 2E 52 65 74 75 72 ttings 9 Retur EECH 6E 20 74 6F 20 75 73 65 72 20 6D 65 6E 75 OD BA n to use r menu FFD0 09 30 2E 4C 6F 67 6F 75 74 OD BA OD OA OA 44 69 O Logou t Di FFE0 73 63 6F 6E 6E 65 63 74 69 6E 67 20 61 64 6D 69 sconnect ing admi FFF0 6E 69 73 74 72 61 74 6F 72 20 6E 6F 77 OD OA BA nistrato r now Press lt Z gt to change port INI IPI IR to see next prev refresh page i hs Connected 4 18 25 lautodetect 19600 8 N i fears Num Capture Print echo f Figure 14 Port data buffer Press P to see the previous older 128 character page information press N to see the next newer 128 character page information Up to 508 received characters and 508 tran
37. Action from Keypad Reaction of SERIMUX 1 Press DISCON The LED Discon will illuminate The port O LED will be illuminated the other port LEDs will be OFF 2 Press DISCON again The LED Discon will illuminate The port 0 LED will be illuminated the other port LEDs will be OFF 3 Press 1 4 Press PORT 5 Enter the port number The corresponding port LED will illuminate The other port LEDs will be OFF 6 Press ENTER If command is successful the Admin Port Discon User LEDs will illuminate together They will turn OFF after 30 seconds or when any other key is pressed The modem will be initialized and connected if a modem is connected to the specified port and powered ON The administrator can verify this by viewing the Port list see page 13 To detach a modem Action from Keypad Reaction of SERIMUX 1 Press DISCON The LED Discon will illuminate The port 0 LED will be illuminated the other port LEDs will be OFF 2 Press DISCON again The LED Discon will illuminate The port 0 LED will be illuminated the other port LEDs will be OFF 3 PressO 4 Press PORT 5 Enter the port number The corresponding port LED will illuminate The other port LEDs will be OFF 6 Press ENTER If command is successful the Admin Port Discon User LEDs will illuminate together They will turn OFF after 30 seconds or when any other key is pressed Reset SERIMUX Console Switch to default sett
38. CK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 3 2 User Controls Users can connect only to accessible ports as defined by the administrator A list of those ports will be displayed with a successful login Connection can be made using the TERMINAL or a serial terminal with an emulator e g Windows HyperTerminal connected to the SERIMUX at an allowed user port To login press the Spacebar or Enter key Users can login by entering a valid name and password assigned by the administrator When prompted for a User name type the administrator assigned user name and press Enter When prompted for the Password type the administrator assigned password and press Enter Note User names and passwords are case sensitive lt is important to know what characters must be capitalized and what characters must not FYI The administrator may select a user that will automatically login at power up User 1 is setup by default In this case neither name nor password will be required just press Spacebar or Enter after powering ON the TERMINAL or opening the connected terminal emulator After login the user may connect to an allowed host port or view host status and parameters The user is unable to modify port parameters unless the user has been granted administrative privileges 3 2 1 User Accessible host list screen After successful login the Accessible host list will be displayed The administrator may choose another initial s
39. EMTEMTEE 42 Table 5 Color Palettes vies 43 Table 6 Local Keyboard Commands in Native Mode AA 45 Table 7 Commands Supported in ASCII Personalities A 46 Table 8 VT52 Mode Escape Sequences nennen nenennnn enn s en nen etre etre n tenente eterne nnne nnne nnns 64 iv NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH INTRODUCTION The SERIMUX TERM CS x x 8 or 16 combines a 8 or 16 port Console Switch SERIMUX and a VT100 ANSI Terminal Converter TERMINAL in a single package controlled by a PS 2 keyboard and VGA monitor The Console Switch uses menu driven integrated software The SERIMUX TERM CS 16 can control of up to 16 serial devices including servers switches routers and telecom gear Additional control methods include front panel keypad LAN or dial up modem connections It enables unlimited access to remote network management providing optimum system performance and availability Terminal Converter The Terminal Converter TERMINAL is easy to install and configure for either of the following communication modes RS232 Terminal using an RS 232 port for serial console connection Use this configuration of the Console Terminal with the Console Switch to control multiple servers Telnet Terminal using an RJ45 10 100 Base T network port for Ethernet telnet console connection The Ethernet connection can be used with any 10 100Mbps compatible Ethernet host adapter but is most
40. F6 A S F6 M C F6 Y C S F6 6 F7 B S F7 N C F7 Z C S F7 7 F8 C S F8 O C F8 I C S F8 8 F9 D S F9 P C F9 C S F9 9 F10 E S Fi0 IO C F10 C S F10 F11 F SEI R CF11 C S F11 F12 G S F12 S C_Fi2 _ C_S F12 Values of Fn for Numeric Keypad keys Numeric Fn Numeric Fn Numeric Fn Numeric Keypad Value Keypad Value Keypad Value Keypad Key Key Key Key 7 C f 6 i 2 a 8 d 4 g j 3 b 9 e 5 h 1 k 0 Notes 1 The string should not include the delimiter or unexpected conditions maybe occur 2 The defined contents of F1 F12 will be transmitted out by keying F1 F12 The defined contents of S_F1 S_F12 will be transmitted out by multi keying the Shift and Function key The defined contents of C F1 C F12 will be transmitted out by multi keying the Ctrl and Function key The defined contents of C S F1 C S F12 will be transmitted out by multi keying the Ctrl Shift and Function key Example Define Function Key F1 to the character ABC123 ESC Q 0 ABC123 62 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH FUNCTION Auxiliary Keypad Modes Auxiliary keypad numeric mode on Auxiliary keypad application mode on Transmission Printer Control Transmit through cursor position Transmit to end of line or end of display Send form feed after print screen operation No form feed sent after print screen operation Print full screen Print scrolling region Print screen
41. H ENH ENH ENH Same or CTRL U Same Same Same o CTRL V Same Same Same Wyse Same ESC 14 ESC ENH ENH ESC w ESC v Same ESC page line col NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH Table 7 Commands Supported in ASCII Personalities Cont d FUNCTION Native Mode Wyse WY 50 Editing Cont d Insert line of spaces Delete cursor character Delete cursor line Clearing Data Clear page to nulls ESC Clear page to spaces ESC Clear page to write protected ESC spaces Clear unprotected page to spaces ESC or CTRL Z Clear unprotected page to nulls ESC Clear unprotected page to ESC char a specific character Clear unprotected page to protected spaces Clear unprotected page to ESC attr display attribute Clear unprotected page to spaces Same from cursor Clear unprotected page to nulls Same from cursor Clear unprotected line to spaces Same from cursor Clear unprotected line to nulls Same from cursor Fill page with H s Sending data Begin print send at top of page Begin print send at top of screen Send cursor character Send line through cursor Send unprotected line through cursor Send page through cursor Send unprotected page through cursor Mark block beginning Mark block end Send entire block Send unprotected Report terminal status Report attribute under cursor 51 TVI 910 925 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH
42. ILILI Ia t o a t o t o o Connected 4 58 15 lauta detect scRol ones e 9600 amp N 1 Capture Pt mt echo a Figure 9 The Port list displays the status of all ports The Port list displays the following information Column Heading Port Description Port number and name Log Index number of the user logged in at the port Con The number of another port Pxx connected to that port If the administrator is logged in Adm will be displayed U H Port type User or Host Mdm Modem connection status Y if modem is connected if not BaudRate Port transmitter and receiver speed Serial Character size parity and stop bit number Flow Flow control method hard RTS CTS soft Xon Xoff both or none Xon Xoff Special characters used as soft flow control sequence Discon In band disconnect sequence 1 character 3 character or none DscTime Remaining time until self disconnection due to port receiver inactivity see below 13 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH FYI RE DscTime Disconnect Time The value shown in the Port list is derived from various sources depending on the type of connection active at the time If a user is logged into a port as just a user the time shown will be the remaining time based on the user s timeout setting If a user is logged in with administrative privileges and performing administra
43. L Command Guide 4 4 1 Commands Supported in ASCII Personalities Table 8 lists all the ASCII commands recognized by the terminal The native mode code for the command is given in the second column The native mode includes WY 325 WY 120 and WY 60 The remaining columns show the support for the command in other ASCII personalities according to the following notations Same Same as native code code is native to other terminal also Wyse Same as native code Wyse enhancement code not native to other terminal ENH Same as native code when enhance mode is ON Wyse enhancement code not native to other terminal A code listed under a nonnative personality indicates that the related terminal s native code is supported A blank in any column indicates that the command is not supported Variables are shown in italics Their values are listed in alphabetical order at the end of the table Footnotes are found at the end of Table 7 on page 52 Table 7 Commands Supported in ASCII Personalities Command FUNCTION Native ADDS TVI Mode VP A2 910 925 Monitor Mode Monitor mode on Same Monitor mode off Same Selecting Personalities Enhance mode off ESC SPACE Enhance mode on ESC Select WY 50 mode ESC Select TVI 910 mode ESC 4 Select TVI 925 mode ESC Select ADDS VP A2 mode ESC 96 Select Console ANSI mode ESC A Select Native mode ESC 4 Select PC Term mode ESC 5 Select VT52 mode ESC 6 Select VT100 mode ESC Sel
44. LE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 3 1 3 1 Port serial settings From the Port settings menu press 5 to display the Port serial settings menu Using this menu the administrator can adjust the serial settings of each port or copy the current port serial settings and paste them to another port or to all ports lal xi Pe Edt View Cal Trwwler Help Port serial settings Port 3 Name Port03 1 Baud rate 9600 2 Data bits 8 3 Stop bits 1 amp Parily None 5 Flow control None 6 Xon Xoff Ctrl Q 017 Ctrl S 619 7 DIR on disconnect High Active 8 Inter character delay No 9 Break receive allowed Mo D Transmitted break extra duration No break Press lt 1 gt to change port L to copy serial settings Ronrected 3 28 13 todet 2epen o kaps MM o Foz Figure 12 Port serial settings menu 3 1 3 1 1 Baud rate Any baud rate serial speed between 50 bps 128Kbps can be selected except for port 0 between 300 bps 115 2 Kbps To modify the port serial speed baud rate press 1 enter the new value or press T for a table listing standard baud rates supported and press Enter A confirmation will be required for non standard baud rate values 3 1 3 1 2 Data bit The data bit number can be 5 6 7 8 except for port 0 7 or 8 To modify the data bit number press 2 then the bit number 5 6 7 8 3 1 3 1 3 Stop Bit The stop bit number can b
45. N number is 9999 The SERIMUX can be easily configured using the TERMINAL with a keyboard controlled menu to modify various parameters and options for each port to be connected to a device The administrator menu can be accessed by the administrator for full feature control or the user menu by any user for more restricted control of port connections The SERIMUX supports 2 operator levels administrator and user each with separate password protection for security The administrator logs in using an administrator password see next page for login procedure administrator name root all lowercase letters administrator password nti all lowercase letters Users login using a password set by the administrator The administrator name cannot be FYI Users may be granted administrative access rights by the administrator changed The administrator and any user with administrative rights is able to To change the administrator view modify port parameters password see page 23 view modify user parameters and user access rights to ports disconnect ports logout users etc connect to host ports 11 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 3 1 Administrator Controls 3 1 1 Login as the administrator 1 The TERMINAL must first be configured and is typically delivered preconfigured as described on page 8 under Getting Started Press Enter on the keyboard wait three 3 seconds and the por
46. Port access Displays what ports the user has access to Log Identifies what port the user is logged into if any Con Identifies what port the user is connected to Pxx Or if the user is logged in as an administrator Adm Or if the user is just logged in Usr Press R to refresh the information and repaint the screen Press N to see the next page press P to see the first page Press Esc or Space to return to the Administrator main menu NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 3 1 5 User Settings From the Administrator main menu press 5 enter the user index number then press Enter The screen will show the current user number and name and the user settings menu e serimux HyperTerminal E nl xl File Edit View Cal Transfer Help Del 3 al ei User settings User 1 Name User01 User name User 1 Password undefined User enabled Ves User menu timeout 15 min Bdministrator privileges No Port access User initial screen Host list Reset user settings to default Press lt gt to change user to copy user settings Connected 4 51 08 Autodetect Sengen Ich CAPS NUM Capture isch N Figure 16 User settings menu Setting Description Value User name Change the user name Max 15 characters use backspace to delete Password Define the user password if any Max 31 characters use backspace to delete User
47. V1925 e WY 60 e PC TERM e VT52 WY 100 e PCG Alpha e VT100 e WY 120 Console ANSI e VT220 es WY 325 e TVI910 e WY 50 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH Console Switch The Console Switch SERIMUX includes a text based menu for easy connection management for administrators Using a terminal emulator the menu provides a quick means for user serial connection changes and device control The Console Switch SERIMUX is a serial port router that allows links or connections between multiple pairs of RS 232 asynchronous serial ports The main purpose of the switch is to enable users to manage several serial devices from local or remote locations using external modems Devices include routers DSU s servers switches or any other equipment allowing serial operation using RS232 interface Users can work locally using the integral TERMINAL or from remote locations Each SERIMUX port has to be configured for serial communication baud rate parity etc within the specifications of the attached serial device but the configurations of the two devices linked by the SERIMUX do not need to match Various parameters communication speed hardware and or software flow control timeout etc can be selected for each SERIMUX port Devices may be either locally connected or connected through attached modems Each SERIMUX port can be configured as either a host or user port Serial hosts such as servers switches etc are con
48. Yellow palette Intensity 2 Blue Black Intensity and reverse or blank 4 Black Blue Underline Cyan Black Underline and reverse or blank 4 Black Cyan Underline and intensity 2 3 Red Black Underline intensity 2 and reverse or blank 4 Black Red 1 Whether the reverse or blank attribute is mapped to the colors shown depends on an escape sequence or the setting of the Color Map setup parameter on the Attribute menu The default is reverse When the blank attribute is mapped only the background is visible 2 The intensity is dim in ASCII personalities and bold in ANSI personalities The intensity attribute is not supported in the following personalities Wyse 50 ADDS A2 TVI 910 TVI925 and VT52 The attribute can be disabled by an escape sequence or in setup mode Intensity Attribute parameter 3 In each palette the status line displays the same foreground and background colors as shown here for the underline and intensity attribute 44 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 4 3 Local Keyboard Commands Table 6 lists local keyboard commands in the terminal s native mode Table 6 Local Keyboard Commands in Native Mode Key Sequence by keyboard Style Toggle CAPS LOCK on off CAPS LOCK Toggle NUM LOCK on off NUM LOCK Put terminal in SETUP mode ALT ESC Partially reset terminal including communication unlock ALT PAUSE keyboard turn off all print modes Send b
49. any is displayed on the front panel The corresponding port LED will be continuously illuminated The data traffic between connected ports is indicated by the blinking of the corresponding port LEDs Using the keypad anyone with physical access to the SERIMUX can Login the administrator Logout the administrator Disconnect the administrator or a user with administrative privileges Login a user to the administrator main menu Login a user to a port Login a user and connect the user to a host port Disconnect and logout a user Connect 2 host ports Disconnect 2 ports Connect or disconnect a modem VVVVVVVVVV To enable the keypad the user must first press the Enter key on the keypad enter the PIN on the keypad default is 9999 see also page 23 and press the Enter key again The keypad is disabled again after 30 seconds of inactivity If the keypad PIN is not entered the keys will have no effect If the PIN is successful the Port Discon Admin and User LEDs will all illuminate and remain illuminated for up to 30 seconds or until a command is entered FYI Buttons pressed in sequence on the keypad to enter commands must be pressed within 5 seconds of each other for the SERIMUX to respond Otherwise the sequence will need to be repeated from the beginning Login the administrator Note In order to login the administrator to a port other than port 0 the administrator must first configure the desired port as a user port s
50. assume the following 1 Login to the UNIX CPU as root 2 The Ethernet Print Terminal is on the same network segment that the printer resides Step 1 Add the Print Server to etc hosts Create a new entry in the etc hosts file on all UNIX CPUS that are slated to work with Ethernet Print Terminal To create a new entry add the following line IP Address PS NAME comment where IP Address is an IP address PS NAME is a CPU name of a print server The statement after is the comment for the new entry e g 90 3 2 2 ETPS1 Ethernet Terminal This example assigns the name ETPS1 to the Ethernet Print Terminal with IP address 90 3 2 2 Note The IP address is defined in setup Screen of Ethernet Print Terminal as a Local IP address Use the same one Step 2 Check to see if above steps are completed To verify if the IP address of print Server function is installed successfully issue the following ping command ping PS NAME Enter e g ping ETPS1 Enter 65 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 4 6 2 Setup for LPD Follow those steps from step 1 to step 2 described in Basic Setup The following steps are dependent on the operating system Please refer to the UNIX administration guide The following illustrated steps are under BSD system Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Create a spooling directory Use mkdir command to create a directory for spooling e g mkdir usr spool ETPS1 Make the directory available
51. at power up without a password Index number of any enabled user that has access to the port being used for the user port Connect two host Connect two host ports together Enter host port index number press Enter second host port ports index number and press Enter again Firmware Display the firmware menu See pg 19 Auto Refresh Period Refreshes the admin screen after xx 0 90 minutes Local KeyPad PIN Defines the PIN number for Local 4 digit value 0000 9999 default value is 9999 keypad FYI If at power up the auto login user does not have access to port being used a login by a valid user with access rights will be required 3 1 6 1 Change administrator password For security purposes the administrator should change the factory default administrator password to a unique password This will prevent unauthorized access to switch functions and CPUs The password is needed to log in from any device connected to any SERIMUX port in buffer mode To change the administrator password from the Administrator main menu press 7 to choose Advanced settings and press Enter press 1 and a prompt for the old password will appear enter the old password factory default password is nti and press Enter enter a new password maximum 31 ASCII characters using the Backspace key to erase any characters entered in error and press Enter re enter the password to confirm it and pres
52. briefly Reaction of SERIMUX The LED Port will illuminate The port 0 LED will be illuminated The other port LEDs will be OFF The corresponding port LED will illuminate the other port LEDs will be OFF The LED Port will illuminate The port O LED will be illuminated the other port LEDs will be OFF The corresponding port LED will illuminate The other port LEDs will be OFF If command is successful the Admin Port Discon User LEDs will illuminate together They will turn OFF after 30 seconds or when any other key is pressed The two host ports will be connected if the ports are not connected the ports type is Host 35 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH Disconnect 2 ports Action from Keypad Reaction of SERIMUX 1 Press DISCON The LED Discon will illuminate The port O LED will be illuminated the other port LEDs will be OFF 2 Press PORT 3 Enter the port number The corresponding port LED will illuminate the other port LEDs will be OFF 4 Press ENTER f command is successful the Admin Port Discon User LEDs will illuminate together They will turn OFF after 30 seconds or when any other key is pressed The administrator can view any changes in port connections made from the keypad by opening the terminal program on any terminal connected to a user port and view the Port list see page 13 Attach or detach a modem To attach a modem
53. column Move cursor up n lines Move cursor down n lines Move cursor right n columns Move cursor left n columns Move cursor down cursor n line to column 1 Move cursor up n lines to column 1 Move cursor to line n Move cursor to line n1 column n2 Move cursor down one line in current column scroll up if at bottom line Move cursor down one line in current column execute CR if linefeed mode is on Move cursor up one line in current column scroll down if at top line Move cursor down one line to column 1 Save display attributes cursor position character sets wrap flag and origin mode status Restore last saved display attributes cursor position character set wrap flag and origin mode status Backspace cursor Move cursor to next tab stop Move cursor to column 1 of current line Editing Functions Erase from cursor to end of display Erase from start of display to cursor Erase entire display Erase from cursor to end of line Erase from start of line to cursor Erase entire line Erase erasable characters from cursor to end of display Command VT100 VT220 Console ANSI CSI 0 q or CSI 2 q CSI 1 q ESC 3 ESC 4 ESC 5 ESC 6 ESC ESC CSI 25 h CSI 251 CSI 33 h CSI 33 CSI 34h CSI 341 CSI 1h CSI 11 CSInGorCSIn CSInA CSInBorCSIne CSInCorCSIna CSInD CSInE CSInF CSInd CSI n1 n2 H or CSI n1 n2f IND or ESC D CTRL J or CTRL K or CTRL L RI or ESC M NEL or ESC E ESC 7
54. creen to be displayed following user s preferences The Accessible host list includes e user index number and name index number and name of the login port index numbers and names of accessible hosts F e a ven Cd ege p Network Technologies Inc Serial Console Swi tch v 1 11 User 3 Name User 3 Port 6 Name Por t60 Accessible host list 2 Por 032 4 Porti 7 Port 7 9 Por t09 Enter host port index to connect to host press Enter for user menu Esc to logout Coretti Asda Wop 97 MM xen Figure 21 A user with limited host port access From the Accessible host list the user can perform the following functions Connect to host xx Enter where xx is the port index number Refresh the screen Spacebar Logout Esc or Ctrl X then Y to confirm FYI The port index numbers are 2 digit decimal numbers If the wrong number is entered simply enter the correct number Only the last two numbers entered before the Enter key is pressed will be accepted The Enter key validates the command Esc or Spacebar cancels it 26 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 3 2 2 User main menu The User main menu includes e user index number and name index number and name of the login port user command list ini x Network Technologies Inc Serial Console Switch v 1 11 User 1 Name User l Port H Name Port80 Us
55. dd 5 Figure 2 Distinction of connections between TERMINAL and SERIMUX AA 6 Figure 3 Connect serial devices printer and power Cord nennen nennen nennen enne nnne nnns nennen nnns 6 Figure 4 Connect to a Local Area Network LAN 7 Figure 5 Connect User s Monitor and Keyboard 7 Figure 6 Fields in the Setup menu display which function keys to press for SUDMENUS eccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeeeeeteaeeeeeeteeeeeaeess 8 Figure 7 Startup Accessible host list sessesssseeseeneeeneeneeennennneee nennen nri nnre nter enne ee rennen en nes etre tnn r enne 10 Figure 8 Administrator un E nl UE 12 Figure 9 The Port list displays the status of all ports ssssssssseeeneneeennm eene n nennen nennen nennen 13 Figure 10 The Port s ttings TEE 14 Figure 11 Control Codes for in band disconnect Sequence nene nnne nennen nennen enne n nennen nennen 15 Figure 12 Port serial EE te CT 16 Figure 13 Modem Settings nl EE 18 Figure 14 olggori Me ee P EEEEEEE 19 Figure 15 User Elster e hee Ga Eege eege e Oe Eu pee be vocet wine i BEEN 20 Figure 16 User settings MENU R 21 Figure 17 Port access list for User Q assioni sraidean ie aa aadi a aiaa ariaa iiai aeii iiai 22 Figure 18 Administrator s Advanced settings men 23 Fig t 19 Firmware Menu RSNE I 24 Figure 20 The SERIMUX is waiting to
56. de ESC eg ESC eg ESC C ESC DF ESC CESC DH ESC B ESC DHESCB ESC c 2 hndshk ESC c 4 hndshk ESC c 6 max ESC c 0 baud stop parity word ESC c 1 baud stop parity word ESC c answer CTRL Y ESC c ESC c lt ESC e SP ESC ei CTRLG ESC c volume CTRL N or ESC CTRL O or ESC ESC ei ESCe amp ESC e ESCeA ESCeB ESCeC ESCe ESC e 96 ESCeL ESCeM ESC J ESC eH ESC el ESCe ESC e ESC z fkey DEL ESC Z dir key fkey DEL 47 Command ADDS VP A2 TVI 910 925 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH Table 7 Commands Supported in ASCII Personalities Cont d FUNCTION Program function key definition Program key direction and definition Read key direction and definition Screen and Cursor Display Screen display off Screen display on Screen saver off Screen saver on Set reverse screen Restore normal screen Set scrolling speed and type Smooth scrolling on Smooth scrolling off Set cursor display features Cursor display off Cursor display on 25th line display off Displaying the Message Fields Extended status line on Standard status line on Status line off Program display CPU message on status line Program CPU message on unshifted lable line g Program CPU message on shifted label line Turn off shifted label line Clear unshifted label line Clear shifted label line Program display function key labe Clear function key label Defining
57. e 1 2 or 1 5 except for port 0 1 or 2 stop bits To modify the stop bit number press 3 then 1 or 2 or A to select 1 2 or 1 5 stop bits respectively Note When Data bit is 5 6 the stop bit can be 1 or 1 5 otherwise it can be 1 or 2 3 1 3 1 4 Parity Parity is set by pressing 4 then N for none E for even or 0 for odd 3 1 3 1 5 Flow Control The flow control hand shaking can be hardware RTS CTS or out band software Xon Xoff or in band both or none To select the flow control press 5 then H or S or B or N respectively Note If N for none is selected data may be lost when sending large greater than 1000 byte data packets 16 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH Note If a modem is attached to the port and hardware and or software flow control is used the appropriate command may be added to the modem initialization string Flow control Command 1 Command 2 None RTS CTS hardware amp K3 Q3 Xon Xoff software amp K4 Q1 Both amp K6 disable flow control not necessary amp KO QO Consult your modem user manual or the modem AT command manual to find the suitable command 3 1 3 1 6 Xon or Xoff Characters Any non printable character ASCII codes between 0 and 31 can be used as flow control Xon or Xoff character The software flow control is transparent so the special character is not passed to the connect
58. e ME let EE 5 1 2 TERMINAL vs SERIMUX Cable Connections sess eene nnne nnne nnnr enne nens nnne nennen 6 1 3 Connect Devices Hosts and Power 6 1 4 Connect the SERIMUX and TERMINAL to a Network 7 1 5 Connect the Monitor and Keyboard 7 1 6 Power Up The GEDRIMUN TEDMC Ip 7 2 GETTING STARTED 8 2 Setup The TERMINAL radere e POE vl gcse seep een Naa aaa aaa a punish yes Fe RE RR ER Fa td tances 8 2 1 1 Entering TERMINAL Zeg enee onte ttt eter ode ta eua nih net baden eau Ee ssa reru ene nana aude 8 2 1 2 Setup Diretor M EES 8 2 1 3 Changing The TERMINAL Operating Parameters esses eene enne nennen enne 8 P2 gt Gen SETUP MENU E 9 F4 Comm SETUP Mengen 9 2 1 4 Saving and Exiting S tup no ccc ccc ee cece eee eeeeneeeee ae eeeee seca aeeeeaae sees seas ee enn nnns sees saaeeegeaeeseeeeseaeessaeseeaaeseeeeeeaas 9 2 2 Connect to the SERIMUX TEE 9 3 USING THE SERIMUX CONSOLE SWITCH ccccccsccesseeeeeeeeeeseeeeneeeeeeeeeeneeesaaeee neces eeeesgaeseaeeeeeeeeeessaesaseseeeeeeeeneeas 11 3 1 E ell E egene 12 31 1 Login as the administrator 1 irridens ete SSES ese E CERES ERA RETE QURE RN TR ERAN FE ERR YER ES EEEE EE 12 c3 Hd e iB eege eegener 13 BAGS Port Settings EE 14 3 1 3 1 Port Serial eettmge L 16 3 1 3 2 Modem Seltpgeg 2
59. e server farms or data centers via serial ports and standard external modems e Connects to console serial ports using standard CAT5 5e 6 cables and cable adapters o Maximum cable length is 100 feet NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH MATERIALS Materials Supplied with the NTI SERIMUX TERM CS16 Terminal Converter with Console Switch IEC Powercord country specific DB25M RJ45F C DB9F RJ45F Modem Adapter Serial Adapter B S I RJ45F T DB25M DB25F RJ45F 4 10 32x3 4 screws Console Adapter Console Adapter and cage nuts Me NER Manual CD Materials Not Supplied but REQUIRED Serial cable with at least one RJ45 male end for connection to the Console Switch from each device to be connected See Serial Port Pinouts on page 69 for cable pinout NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH Front and Rear Views of SERIMUX TERM CS 16 FEATURES AND FUNCTIONS 1 Power LED indicates operation status Green Power On Video Input Signal OK Red Suspend Stand by or no Video Input Signal 2 Port LEDs LEDs will illuminate to indicate active administrator port and data traffic also used to indicate port or user number when entering commands from the keypad 3 Command LEDs LEDs will illuminate to indicate functions being performed 4 Keypad for manual control of switch
60. ect PCGAPHIC mode ESC I Select VT220 7 mode ESC lt Select VT220 8 mode ESC Select WY 325 mode 3 ESC B Communicating with the computer Enable transmission Stop transmission Disconnect Send ACK if ACK mode on 46 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH Table 7 Commands Supported in ASCII Personalities Cont d FUNCTION ACK mode off ACK mode on Full duplex mode on Half duplex mode on Block mode on Block mode off conversation Half duplex block mode on Set Serial 1 port receive handshaking protocol Set Serial 1 port transmit handshaking protocol Set maximum data transmission speed for host port Set Serial 1 port operating parameters Set Serial 2 port operating parameters Enable DTR Serial port 1 Handshaking Enable X on X off Serial port 1 Program answerback message Conceal answerback message Send answerback message Turn answerback mode off Turn answerback mode on Controlling the Terminal and Keyboard Sound bell Select bell volume Unlock keyboard Lock keyboard CAPS LOCK off CAPS LOCK on NUM LOCK off NUM LOCK on SCROLL LOCK off SCROLL LOCK on Keyclick off Keyclick on Margin bell off Margin bell on Set margin bell at curs position Select standard ASCII key code mode Select PC scan code mode Key repeat off Key repeat on Read keyboard status Redefining the keys Clear function key definition Clear key direction and definition Native Mo
61. ed device If the Xon and Xoff characters are equal a toggle mode is automatically used in the software flow control whenever the special flow control character is received the current state of flow control is toggled To change the Xon or Xoff character press 6 then 0 for Xoff or 1 for Xon enter the new value then press Enter to save it Esc or Space to cancel FYI Press T after 6 to display a control codes table 3 1 3 1 7 DTR line behavior If a modem is not attached to the serial port the DTR port line behavior on port disconnection can be selected as follows the DTR line can be held high active low inactive or pulsed for 0 5 seconds and then held high When a modem is attached to the port the DTR line will be pulsed on port disconnection disregarding this parameter value To modify the DTR line behavior on port disconnection press 8 then H or L or P respectively 3 1 3 1 8 Inter character delay An inter character delay 1 60 ms may be defined each time a character sequence is transmitted from the port Using this command a minimum pause will appear between transmitted characters for example certain types of electro mechanical devices like teletype equipment cannot process received characters continuously at their specified baud rate To select an inter character delay press 8 enter the new value 0 for no delay and press Enter to save it E
62. ee page 10 By default all ports other than 0 are configured as host ports Action from Keypad Reaction of SERIMUX 1 Press ADMIN The LED Admin will illuminate The port O LED will be illuminated the other port LEDs will be OFF 2 Enter port number 00 by The corresponding port LED will illuminate The other port LEDs will be OFF Default 3 Press ENTER fthe command is successful the Admin Port Discon User LEDs will illuminate together They will turn OFF after 30 seconds or when any other key is pressed The administrator main menu Figure 8 page 12 will be displayed on the terminal application running on the administrator port The Administrator main menu will be displayed on the serial device connected to the specified port if the administrator was not already logged in at a different port the specified port is not otherwise already connected and the port type is User Note If wrong digits are pressed when entering port numbers enter the number for the correct port 01 02 etc before pressing the Enter key The Console Switch will acknowledge the last two digits pressed 33 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH Disconnect the administrator or a user with administrative privileges Action from Keypad 1 2 3 Press DISCON Press ADMIN Press ENTER Reaction of SERIMUX The LED Discon will illuminate The port 0 LED will be illuminated the other por
63. emulation 25 lines for PC Term Auto Page on causes a new page of memory to move onto the screen when the cursor reaches the top or bottom of the page Display CRT LCD selects which kind of monitor be used If LCD monitor is selected the display columns only support 80 columns on Econ 80 columns Must be set to LCD Cursor sets the cursor display to blink or steady block or underline Background sets the screen display to Dark light chars on a dark background or Light dark chars on a light background Width Change Clear causes the terminal to clear the screen when executing a command to change the number of columns Screen Saver OFF 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sets the screen saver to activate after the specified number of minutes Page Length sets the length of a page of display memory to e 1x Lines Equal to the number of lines selected in the lines parameter this value must be set when using multiple sessions 2xLines Two times the value of the lines parameter e 4x Lines Four times the value of the lines parameter or e Equal to the value of the lines parameter with a second page containing the rest of the lines remaining in memory ANSI Reverse OFF ON Control function ANSI VT 100 and VT 220 OFFf means when SGR command ESC 3 m and ESC 4 m select background and foreground color change respectively ON means when SGR command ESC 3 m and ESC 4 m select foreground and background color change respectively e can
64. er Up The SERIMUX TERM CS 16 1 Connect the powercord to a power source and power ON the SERIMUX using the switch on the rear of the SERIMUX TERM CS 16 2 Power ON the connected VGA monitor NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 2 GETTING STARTED Introduction This chapter covers basic configuration topics Included is information on setting up the TERMINAL to control the SERIMUX 1 Using the instruction under Setup The TERMINAL below or more detailed instruction on page 37 setup the TERMINAL to make connection to the SERIMUX Configure the terminal as follows Ethernet Mode set to OFF F4 menu e Baud rate at 9600 bps F4 menu 8 bits F4 menu no parity F4 menu 1 stop bit F4 menu no flow control F4 menu ANSI or VT100 terminal mode F2 menu Within the SERIMUX firmware the CONSOLE port is the internal connection between the TERMINAL and the SERIMUX For consistency when Port 0 is mentioned within this manual it refers to the connection made by the TERMINAL 2 1 Setup The TERMINAL To control the SERIMUX some initial settings must be configured in the TERMINAL 2 1 1 Entering TERMINAL Setup Hold down the ALT key and press the Esc key to enter Setup mode When entering Setup any text on the screen temporarily disappears and the main SETUP directory appears See Figure 6 When leaving the Setup mode the main SETUP directory disappears and any text that was on the screen
65. er main menu l Connecl to port 2 flecessible host list 3 Port info list 4 Administrator menu A Logout dT Corrected 0 43 57 todat 00881 cx ai NUM Lann ited Figure 22 User main menu From the User main menu the following functions are possible Function Keystroke Connect to host port 1 xx Enter where xx is the port index number Display Accessible host list 2 Enter Display accessible host and user 3 Enter ports and info about each Login as administrator 4 Enter only works if user has administrative rights Logout 0 then Y to confirm Refresh the screen Spacebar A user can only connect to the hosts the user has been allowed access to by the administrator Press 2 to display a list of accessible hosts 27 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 3 2 3 Port List screen From the User main menu press 3 to display the list of user accessible ports and information about these ports Only the administrator can change the communication settings Fle Edt Wen Cel Transfer Help Die alg ols gni Port name Usr Hst Modem BaudRate Serial Won Woff Discon Por t00 User 9600 oul Ctrl 0 S Ctr1 8 Por102 Host 9600 SNI Ctrl O S Ctrl K Por t04 Host 9600 8N1 Ctrl Q S Ctrl k Por tO Host 9600 8N1 Ctr1 Q S Ctrl K Por109 Host 9600 8N1 Ctri Q S Cirl k R to refresh this page Kennected 0 29 13
66. er set into GL Load G1 character set into GL Load G1 character set into GR Load G2 character set into GL Load G2 character set into GR Load G3 character set into GL Load G3 character set into GR Shift G2 character set into GL for one character only Shift G3 character set into GL for one character only Controlling Character Field and Line Attributes Define character attributes 3 CSI Ps m see table below Same Select Graphic Rendition Console ANSI mode only CSI ps m see table below Set bold background bit ESC PnE Pn 0 set bit 7 of attribute byte as B G intensity 1 set bit 7 of attribute byte as B G blink Set normal foreground color ESCI Psn F see table Set normal background color ESC PsnG next page Set reverse foreground color ESC Psn H Set reverse background color ESC Psn Set graphic foreground color ESC Psn J Set graphic background color ESC Psn K Set border color ESC Psn A Values for Ps above Ps Character Attribute Ps Character Attribute 0 Normal all attributes off 33 Brown character Bold on Yellow 1 Bold blank off 34 Blue character 4 Underline 35 Magenta character 5 Blink 36 Cyan character 7 Reverse 37 White character 8 Blank bold off 40 Black background 22 Normal intensity 41 Red background 24 Underline off 42 Green background 25 Blink off 43 Brown background Bold on Yellow 27 Reverse off 44 Blue bac
67. erminal to sound a muted beep each time a key is pressed or repeated Margin Bell sets the terminal s bell to ring when the cursor reaches the column where the bell is set default is column 72 in 80 column mode or 124 in 132 column mode NRC ON OFF determines the communication and keyboard national character set DEL Keypad Dot Del or Comma Del Determines whether numlock DEL generates dot or comma Key Repeat OFF 1 8 Defines key repeat rate after a key has been depressed for about 1 2 second Language sets correct terminal operation for the language of the keyboard connected to it US UK Danish German Spanish Swedish Norwegian Italian French Belgian Swiss French and Swiss German Should be set to US Bell Volume OFF 1 2 3 3 different volumes Limit Xmt causes the terminal to send data through the HOST port as fast as the baud rate allows None or at a maximum rate of 60 cps or 150 cps In older systems limiting character rate is necessary to prevent loss of data Key Code sets the terminal to send normal ASCII characters ASCII or PC type scan codes for every key up down Scan Scan is only required for the PC Term personality Num Start ON OFF When the terminal powers ON this field determines whether the numeric pad starts as Numeric NUM ON or Function NUM OFF F4 Comm SETUP Menu Baud Rate sets the host port baud rate to 50 110 134 5 200 300 600 1200 2400 4800 7200 9600 19200 38400 57600
68. error message otherwise Terse mode can be used only if the administrator configures a user port to enter into Terse mode at login see page 21 Ifa keyboard based user logs into a port intended for Terse mode operation the following image will appear Me PO vew Cab Tandem p Dls alz ol ei Network Technologies Inc Serial Console Switch v 1 11 User 3 Name Userf 3 Port 0 Name Port80 Terse mode ComedediuTH meng zen em f MM cete Irish Figure 24 User port in Terse mode From Terse mode a limited number of functions are possible 3 2 4 1 Terse mode commands gt Connect to port Send or type in C xx Enter where xx is the port index number The answer will be OK CR LF LF FF If an error occurs i e the port is not accessible the answer will be Err CR LF gt Accessible host list Send or type in H Enter The answer may be for example 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 CR LF the accessible hosts separated by commas Portinfo Send or type in P xx Enter where xx is the accessible port index number The answer may be for example 04 H 9600 8N1 N QS 1X CR LF where the comma separated fields stand for port index number port type U or H for User or Host port baud rate data bits 5 7 parity N E O for None Even Odd stop bits 1 1 5 2 flow control N H S B for None Hard Soft Both respectively in band soft flo
69. ets the printer handshake to be none DSR Xon Xoff or Both F6 Tabs SET UP Menu On the tabs setup menu screen the terminal s current tab stops are indicated by uppercase T s displayed along a line of periods that mark each column position 1 A tab stop in columns 2 through 78 is shown as a T in the upper line of periods 2 A tab stop in columns 79 through 132 is shown as a T in the lower line of periods The user can easily determine where tabs are set by moving the cursor across the line and reading the column number displayed on the right side of the screen Clear and set tabs anywhere on the line as follows 1 To move the cursor across the line press right arrow or left arrow 2 To either clear or set toggle an individual tab stop at the cursor position press Spacebar 3 To clear all tabs press Home 4 To set tabs to the default setting every eighth column press Backspace Note A tab stop cannot be set to column 1 F7 FKeys SET UP Definition Setup Menu The function keys and many of the editing keys can be redefined to send a unique character string of up to 64 characters Keys that are not programmed will send a default sequence which is determined by the personality selected Table 4 lists the programmable keys To redefine a key 1 Select the key to be redefined by pressing that key together with Ctrl This highlights the key s definition field 2 Press 4 up arrow to select the
70. ew line mode on New line mode off Cursor keys send application dependent codes Cursor keys send cursor movement codes VT100 mode on VT52 mode on National character set mode on National character set mode off Command VT100 VT220 Console ANSI CSI 2h CSI 21 CSI 3h CSI 3I CSI4h CSI 41 CSI 12h CSI 121 CSI 20h CSI 201 CSI 1h CSI 1 CSI 2 h or CSI 61 p CSI 21 CSI 42 h CSI 421 57 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH FUNCTION 132 column display 80 column display Smooth scrolling on Jump scrolling on Reverse screen video on Normal screen video on Line 1 is top of scrolling region Line 1 is top of display area Autowrap on Autowrap off Autorepeat on Autorepeat off Block mode on Block mode off Send form feed after print screen operation No form feed sent after print screen operation Print full screen Print scrolling region Display cursor Cursor off Blank screen Display screen Display status line Blank status line Screen saver Screen saver off Cursor steady nonblinking Cursor blinking Underline cursor on Block cursor on Don t clear screen after width change Clear screen after width change Send erasable and nonerasable characters Send only erasable characters Send full screen Send scrolling region Turn 25th line on Turn 25th line off Select standard ANSI key codes Select PC scan codes VT220 8 bit mode on VT220 7 bit mode on 8 bit transm
71. eys to review their settings before pasting the settings into memory over them The S option will allow the administrator to paste settings into memory to a specific user without having to view that user s settings list 22 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 3 1 6 Advanced Settings From the Administrator main menu press 7 to display the Advanced settings menu Seriem HyperTerminal E F e LE Yew Cal Transfer Help Die 3 ol ei Advanced settings ROOT 0 Name Por 00 1 Administrator password defined 2 Rdministrator timeout Never 3 Unit name undefined 4 User to auto login None 5 Connect two host ports 6 Firmware 7 futo refresh period 8 Local KeyPad PIN 1 min Connected 0 35 03 Aiko detect 115200 0 N 1 A NM Figure 18 Administrator s Advanced settings menu From the Advanced settings menu the administrator can perform the following functions Setting Description Value Administrator Define the password to be used by the Max 31 characters Password administrator This can only be changed if old password is known If SERIMUX is re initialized pg 30 the default password nti will be restored Administrator Timeout the time interval of administrator inactivity prior to logging out 0 90 minutes 0 Never Unit name Name assigned to the SERIMUX Max 40 characters User to auto login User assigned to automatically login
72. functions 5 Power IEC Power Socket for connection of AC power cord 6 Switch for powering the SERIMUX On Off 7 RJ45 Connectors for attaching CAT5 cables from serial devices 8 Keyboard for connecting the user keyboard 9 Monitor for connecting the user monitor 10 Serial Male DB9 connector for attaching a local printer serially 11 Parallel Female DB25 connector for attaching local printer with parallel printer cable 12 Terminal 10 100 Base T RJ45 Connector for 10 100 Mbps communications for TERMINAL connection to Ethernet 13 System Reset button to cycle power to the SERIMUX and TERIMINAL without powering down the SERIMUX 14 ISP Button For use when restoring the firmware in the SERIMUX factory use only NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 1 INSTALLATION 1 1 Rack Mounting Instructions This NTI switch was designed to be directly mounted in a rack and includes a mounting flange to make attachment easy Install 4 cage nuts supplied to the rack in locations that line up with the holes or slots in the mounting flange on the NTI switch Then secure the NTI switch to the rack using four 10 32 x3 4 screws supplied Each screw should be of sufficient length to go completely through the NTI mounting flange rack frame and fully engage all threads in the captive nut Be sure to tighten all mounting screws securely Do not block power supply vents in the NTI switch chassis if provided Be sure to enable adequa
73. ied port is not otherwise already connected and the port type is User Login user to a port Action from Keypad 1 eds ox m Press USER Enter the user number Press PORT Enter the port number Press ENTER Rea ction of SERIMUX The LED User will illuminate The port O LED will be illuminated the other port LEDs will be OFF The corresponding port LED will illuminate The LED Port will illuminate The corresponding port LED will illuminate the other port LEDs will be OFF The User main menu will be displayed on the terminal application on the user port see Figure 22 on page 27 If the command is successful the Admin Port Discon User LEDs will illuminate together They will turn OFF after 30 seconds or when any other key is pressed The initial user screen will be displayed on the serial device connected to the specified port if the specified user is enabled and is not logged in at another port the specified port is accessible to the user the port is not otherwise already connected and the port type is User 34 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH Login user to a port and connect the user port to a host port Action from Keypad 1 Press USER 2 Enter the user number 3 Press PORT 4 Enter the user port number 5 Press PORT again 6 Enter the host port number 7T Press ENTER The user will be connected if Reaction of SERIMUX The LED User
74. igurations enabling CAT 5 cabling without pinout concerns Three DB25 and one DB9 adapters come in the package A DB25 male a DB25 female and a DB9 adapter support console management applications A DB25 male adapter provides a modem connection See the cable adapter information that follows later in this chapter Note The cable length restrictions common to RS232 cables apply to the SERIMUX serial cable as well 5 5 Serial Port Pinouts The SERIMUX uses an RJ45 connector for serial ports Pin assignments are as follows SERIMUX Ports CTS DSR RxD GND DCD Note Inbound signal can also be used as a second ground TxD DTR RTS INID AIA WIN gt Mating face of an RJ45 Female 69 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 5 6 Cable Adapters The SERIMUX comes with four cable adapters The following illustrations show cable adapter pin outs Additional adapters can be purchased from NTI DB25 Male Console Adapter NTI P N DB25M RJ45F T Pin 13 DB25 Male to RJ45 Connector Pin Assignments RJ45 Signal DB25M Signal 1 CTS Connected to 4 RTS 2 DSR 5 DCD Connected to 20 DTR 3 RxD Connected to 2 TxD 4 GND Connected to 7 GND 6 TxD Connected to 3 RxD 6 DCD 7 DTR Connected to 8 DSR 8 RTS Connected to 5 CTS DB9 Female Console Adapter NTI P N DB9F RJ45F Pin 1 DB9 Female to RJ45 Pin Assignments
75. ings SERIMUX can be reset to default settings using the Keypad This procedure is only necessary if the administrator is unable to access the administrator main menu This should only occur if an administrator password has been set and the password is not known The SERIMUX TERM CS 16 should be OFF before beginning this procedure 1 Press and hold both local keypad ADMIN and ESC buttons 2 Turn ON the SERIMUX TERM CS 16 3 Wait 3 seconds 4 Release the buttons Caution During the reset the customer modified parameter values will be replaced with the factory default values for default values see page 73 Appendix A user names and passwords will return to default values page 11 36 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 4 USING THE TERMINAL 4 1 How To Setup The TERMINAL The TERMINAL is compatible with most CPUs and application packages A menu driven setup system is provided to select and save the settings required by the CPU and application To control the CPU or in this case the SERIMUX a user must be familiar with the requirements of the SERIMUX in order to setup the TERMINAL 4 1 1 Entering TERMINAL Setup Hold down the ALT key and then depress the Esc key to enter Setup mode When entering Setup any text on the screen temporarily disappears and the main SETUP directory appears See Figure 31 When leaving the Setup mode the main SETUP directory disappears and any text that was on
76. isconnecting administrator now Getos iw iei OQ MA x a Figure 27 Type AT to auto detect baud rate 31 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH Continue To Update Firmware Y N Press C To Continue Use KMODEM 1K Protocol For Download Figure 28 Last confirmation before firmware update 7 Using the terminal program send the binary firmware file using 1K Xmodem protocol Fe EA mer OM Weer met Diei 213 elei Continue To Update Firmware Y N Press C To Continugnpmmmerspee persi CCCCCCCCCCC TEE i Smig Emain wed stre pd sil Design TF beer U Toti nsns IT Unten Re uas eme mm pM Figure 29 File transfer in progress 8 After successful transmission the SERIMUX will automatically restart after few seconds If not either power down the RACKMUX and power it back ON or just press the System Reset button page 30 and press Enter If the firmware update failed or was interrupted for any reason power cycle the SERIMUX or see page 30 to reset the SERIMUX to default settings and repeat the procedure beginning at step 4 32 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH KEYPAD CONTROL Front View of SERIMUX TERM CS 16 Oo O Port Discon DISCON Admin User ENTER Figure 30 Keypad and LEDs Functions of the Keypad During normal operation the current administrator port number if
77. ission mode on VT220 7 bit transmission mode on VT220 Select next page Select preceding page Select page 0 Select page 1 Character Set Selection Supported VT100 VT220 and Console ANSI Commands Cont d VT100 VT220 CSI 3 h CSI 73 CSI 4 h CSI 4 1 CSI 5 h CSI 5 CSI 6 h CSI 6 CSI 7 h CSI 7 CSI 8 h CSI 8 CSI 10h CSI 7101 CSI 18 h CSI 181 CSI 19 h CSI 191 CSI 25 h CSI 251 CSI 30 h CSI 301 CSI31h CSI 31 CSI 32h CSI 321 CSI 33 h CSI 331 CSI 34h CSI 341 CSI 35 h CSI 351 CSI37h CSI 371 CSI 38h CSI 38 CSI 40h CSI 401 CSI 54 h CSI 541 CSI 62 2 p CSI 62 1 p ESC space G ESC space F ESC Ps final Ps Label assigned Ps Label assigned GO li G2 VT220 only G1 G3 VT220 only 58 Command Console ANSI Same NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH Supported VT100 VT220 and Console ANSI Commands Cont d final Final character final Final character A Designating UK ANSI character set lt Designating DEC supplemental VT220 only B Designating ASCII character set DSCS Designating Down line loadable character set 0 Designating DEC special graphics DSCS can consist of zero one or two intermediate character and a final character Intermediate characters are in the range of 2 0 to 2 15 Final characters are in the range of 3 0 to 7 14 Command FUNCTION VT100 VT220 Console ANSI Load GO charact
78. ist 10 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 3 USING THE SERIMUX CONSOLE SWITCH The SERIMUX TERM CS 16 is controlled using e Terminal Control using a connected keyboard VGA Monitor and the built in TERMINAL e Serial Control from a dumb terminal locally connected through an external modem from a remote location e Keypad Control reduced set of commands Terminal Control The TERMINAL built in to the SERIMUX TERM CS 16 can quickly provide access to the Console Switch see page 8 Serial Control The SERIMUX Console Switch can be easily configured using serial communications from either a locally connected dumb terminal or from a terminal remotely connected through a modem Using a keyboard controlled menu the user can modify various parameters and options for each port The administrator menu can be accessed by the administrator for full feature control or the user menu by any user for more restricted control of port connections Keypad Control The keypad has direct control over basic SERIMUX functions The keypad can be used to make changes to port connections regardless of any menu control taking place Command LEDs on the front panel of the SERIMUX Console Switch indicate the status of the switch and what function is being performed For more on Keypad Control see page 33 Note The keypad will only work after first entering the assigned PIN number See page 33 for more info The default keypad PI
79. its port 0 1 2 1 Stop bits except port 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 Parity No parity even odd No parity Handshake mode flow control Xon Xoff or in band or software None RTS CTS or out band or hardware Both None Xon character any ASCII nonprintable character 0 31 range Ctrl Q 17 Xoff character any ASCII nonprintable character 0 31 range Ctrl S 19 Inter character delay except port 0 1 60 milliseconds none None no delay allowed on port 0 Line break receive allowance except port O Yes or No No no allowance for port 0 Transmitted line break extra duration added to 1 character transmission time except port O no extra duration for port 0 No break transmitted 1 999 milliseconds No break transmitted In band disconnect sequence 0 disabled 1 or 3 characters sequence 1 char sequence 1 character disconnect sequence Any ASCII nonprintable character 0 31 range Ctrl X 24 3 character disconnect sequence Any 3 ASCII characters 3 back quotes Connection timeout 1 90 minutes never 15 minutes DTR output upon disconnect Low high or pulsed for 0 5 seconds and then held High high Modem Reset string Up to 41 characters ATZ Modem Initialization string Up to 41 characters AT amp F amp C1 amp D2S0 0 Modem Disconnect string Up to 41 characters ATH Appendix B SERIMUX User and Administrator Characteristics The users and the administrator are defi
80. k Red Intensity 2 Yellow Black Intensity 2 and reverse or blank 4 Black Yellow Underline Cyan Black Underline and reverse or blank Black Cyan Underline and intensity 2 3 White Black Underline intensity 2 and reverse or blank 4 Black White 2 Normal Cyan Black Reverse or blank Black White Intensity 2 Red Black Intensity 2 and reverse or blank Black Red Underline Magenta Black Underline and reverse or blank 4 Black Magenta Underline and intensity 2 3 Blue Black Underline intensity 2 and reverse or blank Black Blue 3 Normal Cyan Black Reverse or blank Black Blue Intensity 2 White Black Intensity 2 and reverse or blank 4 Black White Underline Magenta Black Underline and reverse or blank 4 Black Magenta Underline and intensity 2 3 Yellow Black Underline intensity 2 and reverse or blank Black Yellow 4 Normal Magenta Black Reverse or blank Black Cyan Intensity 2 Blue Black Intensity and reverse or blank 4 Black Blue Underline Green Black Underline and reverse or blank 4 Black Green Underline and intensity 2 3 Red Black Underline intensity 2 and reverse or blank Black Red 5 Normal Magenta Yellow Reverse or blank Black Black Intensity 2 White White Intensity 2 and reverse or blank 4 Black Black Underline Green Green Underline and reverse or blank Black Black Underline and intensity 2 3 Cyan Black Underline intensity and reverse or blank 4 Black Cyan
81. kground 28 Blank off 45 Magenta background 30 Black character 46 Cyan background 31 Red character 47 White background 32 Green character Values for ps above 10 Select Primary Font 11 Select First Altemate Font Allows ASCII characters less than 32 to be displayed as ROM character 12 Select Second Alternate Font Toggles high bit of extended ASCII code before displaying as ROM character 59 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH Supported VT100 VT220 and Console ANSI Commands Cont d Values for Psn in table on page 59 Psn Color Psn Color Psn Color Psn Color 0 Black 4 Red 8 Gray 12 Lt Red 1 Blue 5 Magenta 9 Lt Blue 13 Lt Magenta 2 Green 6 Brown 10 Lt Green 14 Yellow 3 Cyan 7 White 11 Lt Cyan 15 Lt White FUNCTION Access alternate graphic set Define erasable character Define non erasable character Define top half of double high double wide line Define bottom half of double high double wide line Define single high single wide line Define single high double wide line Define top half of double high single wide line Define bottom half of double high single wide line Controlling the Cursor Display cursor Cursor off Cursor steady nonblinking Cursor blinking Underline cursor on Block cursor on Cursor keys send application dependent codes Cursor keys send cursor movement codes Move cursor to n
82. le RS232 server connection or up to 16 Ethernet telnet sessions to predefined IP addresses Both serial and Ethernet connections can not be used concurrently 5 2 Hardware Specifications SERIMUX Operating temperature Attribute Value 40 F to 120 F 5 C to 50 C Storage temperature 20 F to 140 F 29 C to 60 C Humidity 10 to 90 non condensing Power supply External 100 240VAC 50 60 Hz 1 0A max Power consumption DC input 0 8A 5VDC 4 5 W typical 8W max Operating system Linux Hard Hat embedded SDRAM 64 megabytes Flash memory 8 megabytes 68 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 5 3 CPU to RACKMUX Ethernet Crossover Cable In order to make a direct connection between a CPU and the ETHERNET connector of the RACKMUX a crossover cable must be used The cable is made with CAT5 cable terminated with RJ45 connectors and wired according to the chart below Standard Crossed Pin assignment at Wire Color Pin assignment at 12345678 12345678 Standard End Crossed End 1 White Orange Orange White Green Blue White Blue Green White Brown Brown RJ 45 Plug ININA amp OO NO O1 amp CO Po Standard Crossed End End M Crossover Cable E 5 4 Serial Port Cabling The SERIMUX simplifies cabling The RJ45 8 pin configuration matches all SUN and Cisco RJ45 console port conf
83. m Cm a A Sc NETWORK 1275 Danner Dr Tek330 562 7070 cw RSR C wm m TECHNOLOGIES Aurora OH 44202 Fax 330 562 1999 E ws E ZS INCORPORATED www networktechinc com SERIMUX Series SERIMUX TERM CS 16 8 Terminal Converter with Console Switch Installation and Operation Manual MAN102 Rev Date 8 19 2008 TRADEMARK SERIMUX is a registered trademark of Network Technologies Inc in the U S and other countries COPYRIGHT Copyright 2003 2008 by Network Technologies Inc All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written consent of Network Technologies Inc 1275 Danner Drive Aurora Ohio 44202 CHANGES The material in this guide is for information only and is subject to change without notice Network Technologies Inc reserves the right to make changes in the product design without reservation and without notification to its users TABLE OF CONTENTS il adrtejsitiexp o PRSE E E N E E 1 RR oul een TE 1 reise 2 MATERIALS 3 FEATURES AND FUNCTIONS iissssccivcccecccteceseccsecctecsetecdtccenesttessstedesnersstivessecsusnetestebeesecidenceecdbeeedecdretee VEER NEE SECH 4 1 INSTALLATION EE 5 UNK e ti
84. nd and receive 8 bits data with one stop bit Xmt Handshake set to None Parity set to none 2 1 4 Saving and Exiting Setup The first menu seen when entering Setup serves as a directory to the other Setup menus To exit Setup or any submenu press F12 Pressing F12 will return the display to the main Setup directory and with another press of F12 the user will exit Setup The highlighted field at the right of the screen gives the user the choice of saving or not saving parameter changes into memory before returning the TERMINAL to the normal operating mode Settings changed will effect the operating environment until the TERMINAL is powered down Setting changes will only be restored at power up if they are saved before exiting Setup Note If settings are not saved before exiting Setup any new selections will be lost when the SERIMUX is powered down To save Setup selections depress the Spacebar to change the save field at the right side of the screen from NO to YES before exiting Setup Table 1 describes your options for exiting Setup Press F12 to leave Setup and return to the normal display mode Table 1 Main Setup Menu F12 Exit Functions Option Function No Returns terminal to normal operating mode without saving parameters changes for power up Yes Saves all changes operating parameter tabs key definition and answerback message returns terminal To its normal operating mode Shift Esc Restores all se
85. nected to host ports while serial user devices such as a terminal or serial console are connected to user ports The SERIMUX Console Switch supports two operator levels user and administrator Users login at user ports and connect to serial devices attached at host ports The administrator logged in at any user port and users with administrative privileges can connect to serial devices attached to host ports and see and or modify various port or user parameters Features The SERIMUX provides secure flexible management of servers routers switches and other networked devices Key features include e Eliminates the need to connect each device to an ASCII terminal or PC e Connect up to 16 devices with different baud rates parity and character length e Provides out of band access to network devices servers routers network switches and any other network devices allowing console operation using RS232 e No inadvertent break signals are generated to cause unintentional rebooting of SUN computers e Two operator levels administrator and user e Switching is simplified with programmable device names and menu driven device selection Built in data buffers save the most recent RS232 console output from each connected device which simplifies troubleshooting failures e The SERIMUX can be power cycled without halting a SUN host computer Gain access to servers without interrupting service to end users maintain optimal up time Manag
86. ned through the following parameters Description Acceptable Value Default Value Users User number 1 to 32 Same not changeable User name Up to 15 characters case sensitive User01 to User32 User password Up to 31 characters case sensitive empty string User enabled Yes or No Not enabled except User 1 enabled Administrative privileges Yes or No No Access to ports Port 0 always Ports 1 31 Port 0 except User 1 all ports User menu timeout 1 90 minutes never 15 minutes Administrator Administrator name root case sensitive Same not changeable Administrator password Up to 31 characters case sensitive nti Administrator menu timeout 1 90 minutes never 15 minutes User to auto login User 1 32 None User 1 73 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH INDEX access to ports 22 administrator password 23 ASCII commands 46 BSD UNIX system 67 cable adapters 70 cabling 69 change administrator password 23 configure the terminal 8 connect to SERIMUX connectors 6 Console Terminal 1 crossover cable 69 Crossover cable 7 Default settings 9 38 ENH 46 Ethernet 7 Ethernet Print Terminal 65 Firmware menu 24 Firmware upgrade 31 host list 26 ISP button 4 keyboard commands 45 Keypad control 11 33 Keypad PIN 11 LAN 7 login 11 12 login user
87. olor Selects Cursor color Selects Cursor color Normal F G Selects color of Normal F G No Function Initial color selection Initial color selection at power up at power up Normal B G Selects color of Normal B G No Function Initial color selection Initial color selection at power up at power up Intensity F G Selects color of Intensity F G No Function Initial color selection Initial color selection at power up at power up Intensity B G Selects color of Intensity B G No Function Initial color selection Initial color selection at power up at power up Color Mode Automatic Automatic Automatic Automatic Normal Palette Color Map No Function See Above No Function No Function When the WY 325 personality is selected holding the Ctrl key down and depressing either the O 1 9 or period keys in the numeric pad change the assignment of color on the screen Each selection is called a palette and is described in Table 6 42 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH Table 5 Color Palettes Palette Display Attribute Foreground Color Background Color 0 Normal Green Black Reverse or blank Black Yellow Intensity 2 Blue Black Intensity 2 and reverse or blank 4 Black Blue Underline Cyan Black Underline and reverse or blank 4 Black Cyan Underline and intensity 2 3 Red Black Underline intensity 2 and reverse or Dank Black Red 1 Normal Green Black Reverse or blank Blac
88. on allows 8 separate sessions if any emulation other than ECON 80 is selected If ECON 80 emulation is selected the Multiple session option will then allows 12 separate sessions Note 2 Port 23 Is the telnet service by default Note 3 The terminal must be powered cycled after saving for these parameters to take effect Term Type allows definition of the terminal with up to 40 characters If Term Type is empty the default type is sent to the CPU by the system Ethernet Node ID displays the serial number of the hardware Ethernet interface device This is a default value of the manufacturer of the hardware device and should not be changed F10 Colr1 Set up Menu Selects the color palette to be used for each screen attribute A text sample of the selected colored is displayed next to each selection Attribute selections are listed below Normal Undl Dim Undl Blank Blank Undl Blink Blink Undl Blink Blank Blink Blank Undl Rev Rev Undl Rev Blank Rev Blank Undl Rev Blink Rev Blink Undl Rev Blink Blank Rev Blink Blank 41 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH F11 Colr2 Set up Menu The color functionality differs with emulation In general VT100 VT220 and ANSI Console work with applications which control the color directly The remaining personalities associate colors based on existing monochrome video attributes This section will define parameter selection based on personality selected Background
89. ort 35 Disconnect and logout a USOR RO bende 35 Connect 2 host porte 35 Wene 2 DOFls T A E E A E NA E N A 36 Attachior detach a Mode LIRE 36 Reset SERIMUX Console Switch to default setttngs nenene 36 A USING THE eL NEES 37 4 1 How To Setup The TERMINAL rer ricette Ecc cin Leser vea g v cep EL Gee FRE EET EENEG e 37 4 1 1 Entering TERMINAL Getup eee enne nnns nnn sn trns en res ren r satis entere errans sn nrnsennennn 37 4 1 2 Saving and Exiting ET De EE 37 4 1 3 Setup Directory sessssssssssessssessseeenne en tennennnsn nnns sn tnts entes renis sa sn isst tete e ntes sins intr naeh teneis stris sn nr nnns 37 4 2 Changing The TERMINAL Operating Parameters sse enne enne nnne nennen nes 38 Pi Disp SETUP Meng m 38 F2 Genn SETUP En TEE 38 F3 Keybd SETUP Men 39 Fa Comm SE E M e 39 F5 Mise SETUP Men A0 Pe Tabs SET UP Meng T RE A0 F7 FKeys SET UP Definition Setup Men 40 FE AnsbK SETUP MENU arsine ete th i oet Gulden ia ee Gen oie Erie Pu de i Pe ade da 41 FP Lan Set p MSs Ec 41 xii Colri Setup Men senose eels ees ee dt aes i ede 41 F11 Colr2 Set up Menu ssesssssssisssssesss essen enne nnns entree en nns nnn ns intr nest tese AANEEN snas sn EAA etre sen resa nnns ss sn nannten nnns 42 4
90. ption ETT Port name Change the port name Max 15 characters Port type Host or User H or U In band disconnect Select characters to use for in 1 4 code for 1 character sequence see Fig 6 below sequence band disconnect sequence 3 desired characters for 3 character sequence O for no disconnect sequence T display Control code list Connection Time left before connection will be 0 90 minutes If O is selected the connection will Timeout broken due to receiver inactivity never timeout Serial settings Display serial settings menu N a Modem settings Display modem settings menu N a View port data View the last 508 characters N a buffer received and transmitted to from the port Clear port data Clear the data buffer for the N a buffer selected port VT100 displaying Modify the displaying extra delay 0 None 1 normal 2 double or 3 triple delay None value can be used if the display is faster i e with a terminal emulator like HyperTerminal running on a PC the other values are useful if real terminals or slower serial devices are used as user administrator consoles Reset Port settings to default Restores factory default port A confirmation Y will be required settings When 3 is pressed to change the in band disconnect sequence the choices provided are 0 1 3 or T Pressing a T will bring up a Control code list containing key sequences used for 1 character sequences and the ASCII codes associated
91. r a parallel printer cable to the female DB25 connector see Figure 3 3 Connectthe powercord to the IEC power connector tac local printer either by parallel cable to Parallel or by serial cable to Serial Rear View of SERIMUX TERM CS 16 Connector ROUTER FIREWALL SERVER Figure 3 Connect serial devices printer and power cord Ethernet cable Powercord NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 1 4 Connect the SERIMUX and TERMINAL to a Network To control the SERIMUX and TERMINAL through a network connected PC connect a CAT5 Ethernet network cable to the connector marked TERMINAL 10 BASE T Then connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to a Local Area Network LAN through a 10 100 BaseT switch or hub see Figure 4 S Wege a L RJ45 ontrol Termina eo Male Network Connector Server dE E e Rm ss AAA aan E Rear View of SERIMUX TERM CS 16 Figure 4 Connect to a Local Area Network LAN Alternatively the TERMINAL may be directly connected to a PC using a CAT5 Crossover cable See page 69 for specifications 1 5 Connect the Monitor and Keyboard Connect a VGA monitor and PS 2 keyboard to the connectors marked MONITOR and KEYBOARD Rear View of SERIMUX TERM CS 16 6 miniDIN male connector 15HD male video connector ad aoaaanua VE aaaaaananu eee onon PS 2 Keyboard Figure 5 Connect User s Monitor and Keyboard 1 6 Pow
92. reak 4 BREAK 2 Toggle between block and full duplex modes SHIFT BREAK Print Screen formatted PRINT SCREEN Turn auxiliary print mode on off SHIFT SYS REQ Turn monitor mode on off CTRL SHIFT 1 kpd Turn status line display on off CTRL Display previous page or active other window 5 Speed scrolling rate CTRL SHIFT Slow scrolling rate CTRL SHIFT Home cursor and clear page CTRL SHIFT HOME Display page 0 CTRL Okpd Display page 1 CTRL 1kpd Display next page or active other window 4 PAGE DOWN PAGE UP Toggle between split screen s and full screen format CTRL SHIFT kpd Toggle Session 0 g ALT F1 Toggle Session Bg Toggle Session 1 6 ALT F2 Toggle Session 2 6 ALT F3 Toggle Session 3 6 ALT F4 Toggle Session 4 6 ALT F5 Toggle Session Be ALT F6 Toggle Session 6 6 ALT F7 Toggle Session 7 6 ALT F8 Toggle Session 8 g ALT F9 Toggle Session 9 6 ALT F10 Toggle Session A g ALT F11 ALT F12 Close the active Session by Local Terminal g CTRL SHIFT Kpd 1 To MODEM port only when configured as data port has no effect on AUX port 2 BREAK PAUSE pressed together with CTRL 3 SYS REQ PRINT SCREEN pressed together with CTRL 4 If screen is split 5 Splits screen at line 12 6 Only active at Ethernet mode ON 45 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 4 4 TERMINA
93. s Enter a message OK will appear press any key to return to the Advanced settings menu The Advanced settings menu will appear Figure 18 Note The password entered will be case sensitive so be sure to note what characters are used and what case they are in if any are alphabetical The password characters are displayed as asterisk characters while entering them Note If the administrator password is not known the administrator must re initialize the SERIMUX following the Reset SERIMUX Console Switch to default settings instructions on page 30 23 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 3 1 6 2 Firmware From the Advanced settings menu press 6 to display the Firmware menu From Administrator main menu press 7 6 serimux HyperTerminal E ni xi File Edit View Call Transfer Help Firmware User ROOT Port 0 Name Port00 1 About firmware 2 Load new firmware 3 Save current firmware lauto detect 9600 8 N 1 caps NUM os SCROLL Connected 2 02 10 Print echo Figure 19 Firmware menu The Firmware menu has three possible functions Function Description 1 About Firmware Provides information about SERIMUX including revision number code length and CRC 2 Load new firmware Initiate firmware upgrade see Firmware Upgrade on page 31 3 Save current firmware Save present firmware in SERIMUX to binary file 3 1 6 2 1 Load
94. sc or Space to cancel FYI This parameter is not available for port 0 3 1 3 1 9 Line break receive or transmit It is possible to accept the line break received from a port and to send it from the connected port The break condition when received is defined as zero data with zero parity and no stop bits To allow or not the line break receive press 9 then v for allowed Esc or Space to cancel any other character to deny To define the transmitted line break extra duration this is added to the 1 character transmission time press 0 then enter the new value 1 999 ms or 0 to disable it and press Enter to save it Esc or Space to cancel FYI These parameters are not available for port 0 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 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 v to paste the selected port settings to the current port A to paste to all ports S to specify the destination port or press any other key to cancel 3 1 3 1 11 Display serial settings for different port number Press greater than symbol to display the next higher port serial settings or press less than symbol to display the previous port serial settings Press Esc or Space to return to the Port settings menu
95. shifted or unshifted key definition field 3 Enter the key definition up to 62 characters at the cursor position Correct errors by pressing lt left arrow to delete characters or Home to clear the definition 4 If the user wants to change the key s direction press Enter on the numeric pad until the desired choice appears Direction determines where the key data is transmitted Remote Sends data to the CPU only regardless of the terminal s communication mode Until redefined the direction of all the programmable keys is remote Local Sends data to the terminal only regardless of the terminal s communication mode Normal Sends data to the CPU and or the terminal depending on the terminal s communication mode 40 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH Table 3 Programmable Keys Enhanced PC Style Keyboard Enhanced PC Style Keyboard F1 through F12 ENTER Both ENTER keys are programmable UP ARROW ESCAPE Y DOWN ARROW HOME lt LEFT ARROW INSERT RIGHT ARROW PAGE DOWN BACKSPACE PAGE UP DELETE PRINT SCREEN END TAB F8 Ansbk SET UP Menu A message of up to 20 characters can be programmed to identify the terminal to the CPU Enter the message at the cursor position Correct errors by pressing left arrow to delete characters or Home to clear the message CONCEAL hides the answerback message so it is not displayed in setup mode To save
96. smitted characters 4 pages can be inspected for each port Press greater than symbol or less than symbol to change the current port Press Esc or Space to return to the Port settings menu FYI Only the ROOT administrator is able to access the port data buffer 3 1 3 4 Clear Port data buffer From the Port settings menu press 9 to clear the port data buffer This selection will clear the entire buffer for data received by or transmitted from the respective port 19 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 3 1 4 User List From the administrator main menu press 4 to display the User list e serimux HyperTerminal ioj xl File Edit View Call Transfer Help Ola e aal ei User list User User name NNNNNVVN vuyyyyy YYYYYYYY vyygyooy NNNVNNNNN vuyyyyyy vyyyyyyy WY YY YY ti tb t 1 eee Low qua dog eel m tu kPa 4 xl La Fol at dl gu 5 User16 I U I I I U I 1 I I I I I l I 1 I I I 1 I 1 I I I 1 I I I 1 I I NI IR to see next refresh page s bel Connected 5 05 12 lautodetect 9600 8 N 1 cc Kaes Km Capture Print echo Figure 15 User List Column Heading _ Description User User Index number User Name User name associated with the index number En User status Y enabled not enabled Adm Displays if user has administrative rights Y yes _ no
97. stration guide for reference The following illustrated printing command is under BSD system or System V version For BSD system Ipr P printer name filename For System V version Ip d printer name filename This command is to print selected file to the selected printer e g lpr PETPS1 etc hosts BSD version or Ip dETPS1 etc hosts System V version This example is to print the etc hosts file to the Ethernet Print Terminal printer 4 6 4 Setup for TFTP When working on the BSD UNIX system run the setup procedure under Setup for LPD on page 61 Otherwise run the Setup for LPD omitting step 6 4 6 5 TFTP Printing Before using TFTP printing the Ethernet Print Terminal needs to be installed completely by Setup for TFTP above TFTP Printing lets the user send print jobs to the printers directory There are no spooling mechanisms involved Consequently if that printer is not ready the TFTP process will be terminated immediately without sending print jobs to printers The user must make sure the printer is ready to print before issuing the TFTP command to have a successful result Log into the Ethernet Print Terminal with this command tftp PS NAME and then type put file Name Ln where Ln is a logic printer for L1 to L8 e g tftp ETPS1 tftp gt put etc hosts L1 This example prints the etc hosts file to the logic printer 1 of Ethernet Print Terminal printer ETPS1 67 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL
98. suited for use with SUN RSC Remote System Control Ethernet ports since these provide the same functionality as serial ttya console ports This connection supports up to 12 telnet sessions to different servers The state of each server session is preserved by the terminal Terminal sessions can be switched via hot keys When using the Ethernet telnet connection the Terminal Drawer can be connected to multiple servers via an Ethernet switch However it is advisable that the network used to connect the server consoles remains private for security reasons Note Both RS232 serial and Ethernet telnet connections cannot be active at the same time The TERMINAL is a general purpose character terminal converter offering full transaction capabilities and is largely pre configured for most applications It was designed in conjunction with SUN Microsystems to ensure flawless compatibility with all SUN servers Features High quality metal construction ideal for most industrial and commercial settings e Supports RSC capabilities e Supports parallel and RS232 serial printers Printer server capability e Converts the RS232 port of a serial device to PS 2 keyboard and VGA ports so the device can be operated by an NTI KVM switch e ASCII text is displayed on the VGA monitor e Supports color display functions in 80 and 132 column mode e 1RU rackmount case is standard e Connects to 10BaseT Ethernet port Multiple RS 232 Emulations e ADDS A2 e T
99. t LEDs will be OFF The LED Admin will illuminate If command is successful the Admin Port Discon User LEDs will illuminate together They will turn OFF after 30 seconds or when any other key is pressed The message Disconnecting administrator now will be displayed by the terminal application running on the former administrator port Login a user to the administrator main menu Action from Keypad 1 2 3 4 5 6 Press ADMIN Press PORT Enter port number 00 by default Press USER Enter user number Press ENTER Reaction of SERIMUX The LED Admin will illuminate The port O LED will be illuminated the other port LEDs will be OFF The LED Port will illuminate The corresponding port LED will illuminate the other port LEDs will be OFF The LED User will illuminate The corresponding port LED will illuminate If the command is successful the Admin Port Discon User LEDs will illuminate together They will turn OFF after 30 seconds or when any other key is pressed The administrator main menu Figure 8 page 12 will be displayed on the terminal application running on the administrator port The Administrator main menu will be displayed on the serial device connected to the specified port if the administrator is not logged in the specified user has administrative privileges is enabled and is not logged in the specified port is accessible to the user the specif
100. t will open to the Accessible host list for UserO1 logged in at PortOO Press Esc to logout and v to confirm A message will be displayed Disconnecting user now Press Spacebar or Enter A prompt requesting a Username will appear N Enter root all lowercase letters and press Enter A prompt for a password will appear o o Pw Enter nti all lowercase letters and press Enter The Administrator main menu will appear for user ROOT on port 1 Note This will only enter the administrator mode if the administrator password has not yet been changed from nti FYI If SERIMUX is not at initial power ON omit steps 2 and 3 above to login STE fle Cat Yew Cal Transfer Help Dei 93 cles el Metwork Technologies Inc Serial Console Switch v 1 11 User ROOT Port 0 Name Port00 Administrator main menu Port list 2 Port settings 3 Port disconnect Port Connect User list User settings User disconnect logout Advanced settings Logout Connected 0 33 13 Wutodetect 1150081 Figure 8 Administrator main menu FYI The Administrator main menu will also appear if a user with administrative privileges presses 4 from the User main menu From the Administrator main menu the following options are possible Function Description Keystroke Port List Display the port list 1 Port settings View or modify any port settings 2 Port disconnect Disconnect an
101. te airflow in front of and behind the NTI switch Attach all cables securely to the switch and where necessary supply adequate means of strain relief for cables Rack i Cage Nuts yer sal TX supplied Rack Screws SC X supplied ge Figure 1 Mount Switch in a Rack NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 1 2 TERMINAL vs SERIMUX Cable Connections The connectors on the rear of the SERIMUX TERM CS 16 are split between those for the TERMINAL connections and those for the SERIMUX connections see Figure 2 See a TERMINAL 1 XC K 1 j L El Rear View of SERIMUX TERM CS 16 Console Switch SERIMUX Figure 2 Distinction of connections between TERMINAL and SERIMUX 1 3 Connect Devices Hosts and Power 1 Connect each serial device or host to be connected by the SERIMUX to any port labeled 1 through 16 using a DTE or DCE type serial cable It may be necessary to add one of the cable adapters supplied detailed in Cable Adapters page 70 between the device port on the serial device or host and the RJ45 connector Note There are two types of serial devices 1 data communication equipment DCE i e modem and 2 data terminal equipment DTE i e CPU each having different connector pin assignments The cable adapters see Materials on page 3 make the proper connections 2 f connecting a printer connect either a serial printer cable to the remaining male DB9 connector o
102. the data Area Select 80 column display Select 132 column display Economy 80 column mode off Economy 80 column mode on Width change clear mode off Width change clear mode on Display 24 data lines 7 Display 25 data lines 7 Native Mode ESC z fkey sequence DEL ESC Z dir key fkey sequence DEL ESC Z key or ESC Z fkey ESC 8 ESC 9 ESCeP ESCeQ ESC 1 ESC 40 ESC scroll ESC cursor ESC o ESC 1 ESC a ESC b ESC c ESC F message CR ESC z text CR ESC z text ESC z field label CR ESC z field CR 48 TVI 910 925 ENH Wyse ESC ke text CR ENH ENH ENH ENH ESC p1 p2 sequence CTRL Y ESC cursor1 ESC f text CR NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH Table 7 Commands Supported in ASCII Personalities Cont d FUNCTION Display Memory Split Screen Divide memory into pages Display previous page Display next page Display page n Split screen horizontally simple split Split screen horizontally simple split and clear pages Split screen horizontally adjustable split and clear pages Split screen horizontally adjustable split Activate upper window Activate lower window Activates other window or page g Lower horizontal split Raise horizontal split Roll window up in page Roll window down in page Redefine screen as one window Redefine screen as one window and clear pages Display Attributes Assign display attribute to a message field
103. this message Press 5 Enable hangup on NO CARRIER 5 then Y to enable or any other key to disable this option Save the changes Enter Usually this option should remain disabled Cancel the command Esc Reset to default values oH Y Press to select the current port as source in a port modem settings copy paste process except port 0 Then press to paste the port settings Press v to paste the selected port settings to the current port A to paste to all ports S to specify the destination port or press any other key to cancel 18 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH Display modem settings for different port number Press greater than symbol to display the next port next higher port index modem settings or press less than symbol to display the previous port modem settings Press Esc or Space to return to the Port settings menu 3 1 3 3 Port data buffer From the Port settings menu press 7 to view the port data buffer In this display the administrator can see the last 508 characters received and transmitted to from any port This way the administrator can verify that data was transferred properly between ports e serimux HyperTerminal E E ini xi File Edit View Call Transfer Help Port data buffer Port 2 Name Port02 Received characters FF80 00 00 ED 38 5C AE 41 F9 600 01 1E C2 4E B9 00 00 8 0A N FF90 29
104. ting environments with a large number of users because the LPD protocol has a queue process so print jobs will be kept in the print queues in the CPU TFTP does not implement the print queue concept if the printer port is not ready for accepting new print jobs TFTP will be terminated Consequently the user must send the print job again As a result the TFTP protocol is suitable for printing small jobs in an environment with a small number of users or for testing purposes LPD is a built in printing protocol in the BSD type of UNIX and is also available in most other UNIX systems With LPD users do not need to install additional software to the CPU to print the jobs Most implementations of the LPD protocol send out the data file before the control file However since Ethernet Print Terminal must print the data file immediately upon receiving it the print option specified in the control file cannot take affect To install the printer server function of Ethernet Print Terminal the first step is Basic setup Whichever printing protocol will be used it is necessary to run basic setup first If LPD will be used to print jobs go through the Setup for LPD procedures If TFTP will be used go through the Setup for TFTP procedures 4 6 1 Basic Setup Because the TCP IP world uses IP addressing to communicate with each other the purpose of Basic Setup is to assign an IP address to the Ethernet Print Terminal For the purpose of this explanation
105. tive tasks the time will be based on the administrator s timeout setting not based on the user s timeout setting If two ports are connected to each other and one port has a lower timeout setting than the other the lower setting will be shown in the DscTime column and control the connection Press N to display port information for ports greater than 16 and then P to see the previous page Press R to refresh the information displayed Press Esc or Spacebar to return to the Administrator main menu 3 1 3 Port Settings From the Administrator main menu press 2 x Enter where x is the number of the port to display the port settings for Serimux HyperTerminal E lol xl File Edit View Cal Transfer Help pgs sl so e Port settings Port 1 Name Port 1 Port name Port 1 Port type Host In band disconnect sequence Connection timeout 15 min Serial settings Modem settings View port data buffer VT100 displaying delay None Clear port data buffer Reset port settings to default 1 2 3 4 9 6 7 8 9 H Press lt gt to change port to copy port settings Connected 0 36 34 Auto detect 115200 8 N 1 SCROLL CAPS NUM Capture Print echo Figure 10 The Port settings menu 14 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH From the Port settings menu the configuration of each port can be viewed and changed Setting Descri
106. to LPD main process Basically the method has the following three procedures 1 Assign the spooling daemon as the owner of this directory 2 Allow the spooling daemon to be able to read from or write to the directory 3 Enable the group of LPD main processes to be able to read from or write to the directory e g If it works on a BSD UNIX host and makes the directory usr spool ETPS1 created in step 3 available then follow these three procedures chown daemon usr spool ETPS1 chmod 775 usr spool ETPS1 chgrp daemon usr spool ETPS1 Add a remote printer To add a remote printer insert a block similar to the following in the etc printcap file Printer name Remote Printer on Ethernet Terminal Ip rm PS_NAME rp Logic Printer name sd full path of spooler directory name e g If Ethernet Print Terminal works on a BSD UNIX host then insert the following block into etc printcap file ETPS1 Remote Printer on Ethernet Terminal Joch mzETPS1A rpzL 12 sd usr spool ETPS1 Start CPU s print mechanism for BSD version UNIX system Typing Ipc start printer_name Enter e g Ipc start ETPS1 Enter Now the Ethernet Print Terminal is configured to accept LPD printing 66 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 4 6 3 LPD printing LPD protocol is built in to most of the UNIX system However detailed implementation of LPD differs among UNIX systems Please refer to the UNIX admini
107. tting operating parameters tabs key definitions and answerback message to their factory default values For changes to the TERMINAL settings to take effect the RACKMUX must be power cycled Disconnect power from the AC adapter and reconnect 2 2 Connect to the SERIMUX 1 Press Enter on the keyboard to be recognized as the default SERIMUX user The Accessible host list for User01 logged in at PortOO will be displayed see Figure 7 By default all ports are configured as Host ports and all are accessible Note If the user menu does not display re initialize the SERIMUX following the Reset SERIMUX Console Switch to default settings instructions on page 36 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 2 To connect to an attached CPU enter the number of the port the CPU is connected to and press Enter SCH File Edit View Cal Transfer Help Dag e 5 ala ei Network Technologies Inc Serial Console Switch v 1 11 User 1 Name User01 Port Name Port00 flccessible host list 3 Port03 12 Port12 Port20 28 Port28 A Port04 13 Port13 Port21 29 Port29 5 Port05 14 Port14 Port22 30 Port30 7 Port07 15 Port15 Por t23 31 Port31 8 Port08 16 Port16 Port24 32 Port32 9 Port09 17 Port17 Port25 18 Port10 18 Port18 Port26 11 Port11 19 Port19 Por t27 Enter host port index to connect to host press Enter for user menu Esc to logout_ Figure 7 Startup Accessible host l
108. w control Xon and Xoff characters in this example Xon Ctr1 9 and Xoff ctr1 s disconnect sequence length and sequence i e 0 for none 1X for 1 char ctr1 x sequence 3 for 3 char sequence If the port is not accessible to the user the answer will be Err CR LF 29 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH gt Verbose mode Send or type in v Enter The answer will be OK CR LF and the Terse mode will be terminated The Accessible host list or the User main menu will be displayed gt User Logout Send or type in L Enter The answer will be OK CR LF With the next login of the same user Terse mode will resume 3 2 5 System Reset button The System Reset button located on the rear of the RACKMUX see Figure 25 may be pressed at any time to refresh the SERIMUX without powering it OFF This might be necessary in the event the SERIMUX should fail to respond to normal commands System Reset button NY RESET IsP vm o o o KEYBOARD RE S Rear View of SERIMUX TERM CS 16 Figure 25 Location of Restore Defaults button 30 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 3 3 Firmware Upgrade It may be desired to upgrade the firmware that controls the SERIMUX as soon as improved versions become available Once the firmware file has been downloaded from www networktechinc com to a local CPU follow these instructions to install it
109. will illuminate The port O LED will be illuminated the other port LEDs will be OFF The corresponding port LED will illuminate The LED Port will illuminate The corresponding port LED will illuminate The other port LEDs will be OFF The LED Port will illuminate The corresponding port LED will illuminate The other port LEDs will be OFF The User main menu will be displayed on the terminal application on the user port see Figure 22 on page 27 If command is successful the Admin Port Discon User LEDs will illuminate together They will turn OFF after 30 seconds or when any other key is pressed the specified user is enabled and is not logged in the specified ports are accessible to the user the user port is not otherwise already connected and the port type is User the host port is not otherwise already connected and the port type is Host Disconnect and logout a user Action from Keypad 1 Press DISCON 2 Press USER 3 Enter the user number 4 Press ENTER Connect 2 host ports Action from Keypad 1 Press PORT 2 Enterthe first port number 3 Press PORT again 4 Enter the second port number to connect the first port number to 5 Press ENTER Reaction of SERIMUX The LED Discon will illuminate The LED User will illuminate The corresponding port LED will illuminate the other port LEDs will be OFF The LEDs Port Admin User and Discon will illuminate
110. will reappear 2 1 2 Setup Directory The fields at the bottom of the screen show the various setup menus where the terminal s operating parameters can be changed and the function key to press to immediately display any menu Setup Save F1 F11 selects menu Shift ESC sets defaults SPACE toggles F10 F11 F12 F5 F7 Dis Geni Keyba Comm Mic T Tabs Fkeys Ansbk Tan Cort 632 Est Figure 6 Fields in the Setup menu display which function keys to press for submenus 2 1 3 Changing The TERMINAL Operating Parameters To select one of the setup menus shown press the indicated function key The screen for that menu appears with the name highlighted The fields at the middle of the screen indicate the parameters that can be changed in that menu The top line identifies the keys to press to highlight the parameter fields and change the settings The procedure is 1 Use arrow key to highlight the parameter field to be changed 2 Use the Spacebar to change the parameter Pressing F12 gt always returns the user to the top menu NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH The following lists only what is necessary to connect to SERIMUX For a complete list of features see page 37 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 OFF to set the communication routing by Serial Port Data Stop Bits set to se
111. wn scroll Linefeed Cursor to start of line Cursor to start of next line Home cursor Cursor to specific column Cursor to specific line End of line wrap off End of line wrap on Received CR mode off Received CR mode on Autopage mode off Autopage mode on Autoscrolling mode off Autoscrolling mode on Address cursor in current 80 column page Address cursor in specific 80 column page Address cursor in specific 80 column window page g Address cursor in specific 80 132 column current page Read cursor line and column address in 80 column current page Read 80 column page number and cursor address Read 80 column window page number and cursor address Read cursor address in 80 132 column page Editing Clear all tab stops Set tab stop Clear tab stop Tabulate cursor Backtab Field tab Insert mode on replace mode off Insert mode off replace mode on Insert space character ESC H ESC H ESC H Idraw CTRL H CTRLL CTRL K ESC j CTRL J CTRL M CTRL _ ESC or CTRL ESC d ESC d ESC e4 ESCe5 ESC d ESC d ESC N ESC O ESC line col ESC w page line col ESC wnd page line col ESC a III R ccc C ESC ESC wi ESC ESC b ESC 0 ESC 1 ESC 2 ESC ior CTRL I ESC ESC q ESC r ESC Q 50 Same CTRLF CTRLZ ENH Same Same ENH ENH or CTRL A CTRL P col CTRL K line ENH ENH ENH ENH ENH ENH ENH ENH ENH or ESC Y ENH ENH ENH EN
112. y port and logout the user logged in or connected to the port 3 port Port Connect Connect to any port 4 port User list Display the user list 5 User settings View or modify user settings 6 User disconnect logout Disconnect and logout any user connected to a port 7 Advanced settings View or modify advanced administrative settings pg 17 8 Return to user menu Leave the administrative menu and return to the User main menu only 9 listed when a user with administrative rights is logged in Logout Logout from SERIMUX 0 12 NTI RACK MOUNT CONSOLE TERMINAL WITH CONSOLE SWITCH 3 1 2 Port List From the Administrator main menu press 1 to display the Port List e serimux HyperTerminal EE File Edit View Cal Transfer Help O x p H H k ka ka ta ONU CONS I Go 40 00 10v EE CO SO E OD Porti6 Press NI IR to see next refresh flower Ctrl 0 SiCtrl x 15 min I None Ctr1 Q S Ctr1 k INonelCtr1 0 SiCtr1 81 INonelCtr1 0 SICtr1 81 INoneiCtr1 Q SICtr L 1U02 idm Uer E drei IHsti IHsti IHsti IHst IHsti IHs Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Never Never i iNone Ctrl 0 S Ctrl X i iNoneiCtr1 0 iCtrl i INoneiCtr1 0 SICtr1 8 i INoneiCtr1 Q SICtr1 H i iNone Ctr1 0 S Ctr1 i iNoneiCtr1 0 SiCtrl i i None GEI EES ud Kii i zl i i i Ki INonel Ctr1 Q S Ctrl t t t t t t t t t t LDILILILIIL

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