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3.4.2 Cable requirements
Use a straight through cable to connect your terminal, or modem.
Suitable cables are PC-AT serial port extender cables, or PC-AT serial mouse extender cables.
The serial ports on most terminals and PC’s are configured as DTE interfaces.
3.4.3 VT100 Interface Settings
The default settings for the serial port connection are as follows;
Baud Rate – 19200bps
Data Bits – 8
Parity – None
Stop Bits – 1
Handshake – Xon/Xoff
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3.3.1 DC input connector
A connection from CGND to earth is required for functional earthing only.
Mating connector
Molex Minifit Junior Receptacle Molex Part Number: 39-01-4031
Molex female contact Molex Part Number: 39-00-0039
NB. An approved DC cable assembly can be purchased from ATL - see appendix A.
3.4 CONNECTING TO THE TERMINAL PORT
To configure the units, a VT100 terminal or PC running a VT100 emulation program must
be connected to the 9-way serial terminal port on the front of the unit. When using a PC,
ATL recommend using the Teraterm software, that can be downloaded via our website.
3.4.1 Local terminal port connector
A 9-way female D-type connector (see figure 3.1) is located on the front panel (labelled TERM)
Note: The local terminal port connector is a
DCE interface. (DCE’s transmit their data on
the wire named RECEIVE).
FIGURE 3.1 LOCAL TERMINAL PORT
