IOLAN STS8D GR/SDS8P GR Hardware Installation Guide 7
Grounding and Power Cord Relief clip
If your installation requires additional grounding, follow this procedure.
Grounding the chassis requires the following items:
• One grounding lug (not provided)
• One 12AWG wire (not provided)
Follow the manufacturers instructions for attaching the ground wire to the grounding
lug.
1. Attach the grounding lug to the chassis and secure with the grounding screw
provided. See Figure 1.
2. Attach the power cord relief clip as shown in Figure 2.
Connecting the Console Port
The IOLAN can be fully configured and managed from the console port. The IOLAN is set
in the factory to serial (up position). Unless you plan to attach a console to the IOLAN,
leave the dip switch in the serial position. If this DIP switch is set to the down position,
then the serial port is in console mode. In console mode, the port provides access to the
IOLAN management function using the industry standard CLI command set. See the
IOLAN Command Line Interface Reference Guide.
Console Port Mode (RJ45)
To connect to the console port, follow instructions below.
1. Power off the IOLAN and set the console switch to the down position.
2. Connect the power and allow the IOLAN to complete the boot up sequence.
3. Connect an RJ45 cable directly from the IOLAN to the COM port on your PC. An RJ45
to DB9 adapter can be ordered from Perle.
4. Choose Start > Control Panel > Systems or equivalent on the Windows Operating
System you are using.
5. Click the Hardware tab and choose Device Manager, Expand the Ports (COM & LPT)
section. This will expand the drop down to show the number of com ports on your
system. Connect the cable to one of these ports (probably COM1 or COM2).
6. Start an terminal‐emulation program (such as Putty or SecureCRT) on the COM port
where you have connected the cable PC.
7. Configure this COM port within the terminal emulation program with the following
parameters:
