Serial Port
Rename an attached serial port
Prior to 5.10.x, to rename an attached serial port, you need to go to Managed Devices :: Devices, tick the serial port that you want to rename and click on "Rename": Then change the name and "Save": From 5.10.x you can now rename the serial port from ...
Possible noise on the serial communication due to flow control and high baud rate
There could be a case when you see garbage characters on the serial connection interface. This behaviour may be caused by electrical noise on the serial connection. When the target device console port does not provide DSR, DCD and CTS signals, it is ...
How to test RJ45 serial ports using a loopback plug
Each new unit that ships includes an accessory box which will contain one or two loopback plugs appropriate for the model's hardware: Yellow: Cisco pinout Red: Legacy pinout These loopback plugs are helpful for determining if a serial port has failed ...
How does Nodegrid determine the status of each Managed Device for serial connections?
Nodegrid appliances with RJ45 and USB serial ports will use the incoming RS232 signals to determine the status shown on the Access pages: Green indicates the device is ready and no users are connected to it. Grey indicates the device is not ready and ...
How to troubleshoot RS232 serial connections
Navigate to Tracking :: Devices :: Serial Statistics Look for CD or CTS signals These both indicate that the target device is ready Typically at least one is active, though some vendors do not send either Note the RX Bytes and reload the page to see ...
What do the various RS232 signals mean?
The current RS232 signals can be viewed on Tracking :: Devices :: Serial Statistics. The displayed signals are updated each time the page is reloaded to reflect the current signal activity. The signals shown are: Acronym Full Name Direction Meaning ...
Devices Pinout with Nodegrid serial port
The table below shows the configuration of the cable or adapter that you can make as the target device that you are connecting to Nodegrid serial ports (Cisco pinout) has proprietary pinout on their console port. 1. Nodegrid - Dell EqualLogic Pinout ...
What is the NodeGrid serial ports pinout?
NodeGrid Serial Console has 3 models in regards to the RJ45 pinouts: 1. NSC-Txx: Legacy pinout 2. NSC-TxxR: Straight-Cisco pinout 3. NSC-TxxS: Auto-Sense (it automatically detects serial devices' pinout for Legacy or Straight-Cisco). Note: xx can be ...