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Chapter 5. The Serial Console
Some settings are available without having to log on the web interface, but instead connecting to the
Telecommuting Module console via the serial cable. Here, the settings available from the console are listed.
The serial console is a text user interface which requires a terminal software on your workstation, such as
Hyperterm in Windows.
Connecting to the serial console
Connect the Telecommuting Module to your workstation with a null modem serial cable, plug in the power cord
and turn the Telecommuting Module on. You will have to wait a few minutes while it boots up.
If you use a Windows workstation, connect like this: Start Hyperterm. A Location dialogue will show, asking for
your telephone number and area. Click Cancel followed by Yes. Then you will be asked to make a new connection.
Type a name for this connection, select an icon and click OK. The Location dialogue will show again, so click
Cancel followed by Yes.
Now you can select Connect using COM1 and click OK. A Port settings dialogue will show, where you select
19200 as Bits per second. Use the default configuration for all other settings. Click OK and wait for a login prompt.
(In some cases you have to press Return to get the login prompt.)
If you use a Linux workstation, connect like this: Make sure that there is a symbolic link named /dev/modem which
points to the serial port you connected the Telecommuting Module to. Connect using minicom with the bit rate
19200 bits/s, and wait for a login prompt.
Log on as the user admin. The first time you log on, no password is required. You set the password when you run
the installation script, which starts automatically when you have logged on.
Main Menu
The first thing you see after logging on as admin is the main menu. Here, you can change password, make a basic
configuration of the Telecommuting Module, enter the Telecommuting Module into a failover team, save or load
configuration, or remove all log messages from the e-mail queue.
3Com VCX IP Telecommuting Module Administration
1. Basic configuration
2. Save/Load configuration
3. Become a failover team member
4. Leave failover team and become standalone
5. Wipe email logs
6. Set password
q. Exit admin
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1. Basic configuration
Basic settings for the Telecommuting Module, such as the IP address and the password.
This is one of two ways of giving the Telecommuting Module an IP address. The other way is to perform a magic
ping (see chapter 2, Installing 3Com VCX IP Telecommuting Module).
2. Save/Load configuration
Save or upload the configuration using the Zmodem protocol.
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