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60 RPM Ports and Cables

Accessing the Auxiliary Port by Modem

You can access the auxiliary port using a dial-up modem using an RJ-45 to RJ-45 rollover cable and RJ-45

to DB-25 male DCE adapter (labeled “MODEM”). Table 12 lists the pin assignments.

Accessing the 10/100 Ethernet Management Port

Configure the 10/100 Ethernet management port, labeled 10/100 Ethernet on the primary RPM card in

order to obtain network access capability, such as downloading a runtime image onto your system. You can

connect this port to an Ethernet hub or FastEthernet port on a router.

Table 12 RJ-45 to DB-25 Adapter Pin (Modem) Assignments

E1200i

Auxiliary Port

RJ-45 to RJ-45 Rollover Cable RJ-45 to DB-25

Modem Adapter Modem

Signal RJ-45 Pinout RJ-45 Pinout DB-45 Pinout Signal

RTS 1 8 4 RTS

DTR 2 7 20 DTR

TxD 3 6 3 TxD

GND 4 5 7 GND

GND 5 4 7 GND

RxD 6 3 2 RxD

DSR 7 2 8 DCD

CTS 8 1 5 CTS

Table 13 10/100 Ethernet Management Port LEDs

Label Description

L (Link) Lit: Link is up

Unlit: No connection

A (Activity) Lit: Activity on port

Unlit: No activity

1 2 ... 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 ... 104 105

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