I have exactly this configuration with the LW CS800 and the F740. I didn't do anything to fix this because it worked the first time I connected it up. My cable configuration is a straight through Ethernet RJ-45 out of the CS800 plugged into a RJ-45 to DB9 adapter. The adapter has pins 2, 3, and 5 connected straight through. I do not use any of the other pins. This plugs into the console port of the F740. I don't know if this will help since you probably tried this config but at least I can verify that this config "should" work.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Lance R Bailey" baileyla@pmc-sierra.com To: toasters@mathworks.com Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 9:02 AM Subject: console connexion to F740 kibbled
we have a new F740 that i cannot use on the console of my lightwave CS800 terminal server.
i am using the same CS800 to front a pair of F720 without problems but the F740 seems to put out text with the high bit set - completely unreadable. the F720's are fine.
CS800_| | |_ | | | F720 F720 F740
the connexion from the filers to the cs800 is a cat5 cable that plugs into the back of the CS800, and then into an RJ-db9 adapter which in turn plugs into the back of a filer.
if i unplug the adapter from the working 720 and plug it into the 740, then i get gibberish on that port. if i unplug the adapter from the gibberish 740 and plug it into the 720, suddenly that connexion works. ie, if i do this:
CS800_| / | /\ F720 F720 F740
the problem stays with the 740. we swapped out the motherboard - no good. we swapped out the entire head - no good. we changed cables, adapters - no good. we changed ports on the CS800 - no good. both ports on the CS800 are 9600 8N1.
we attached a laptop directly to the F740 with a filer supplied cable and that worked. for some reason, it seems that the CS800 and the F740 (but not the F720) have a high order bit problem.
has anyone seen this? even better, has anyone seen a solution to this?
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