Serial port

Connect IT 16/48 devices have multiple serial ports that provide access to different features, depending on the serial port mode selection.

Default serial port configuration

You can review the default serial port configuration for your device.

Serial mode options

You can choose a serial mode option for each serial port, depending on the feature that you want to use.

• Login: Allows the port to be used to log into the CLI.

• Remote Access: Provides socket level access to ports.

• Application: Provides access to the serial device from Python applications.

• Power Management: Configure the port for use with a power controller.

• PPP dial-in: Allows the device to answer Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) connections over serial ports.

• UDP serial: Provides access to the serial port using UDP.

• Modem emulator: Allows the device to act as a dial-up modem emulator for handling incoming AT dial-ins.

• Modbus: Allows the device to function as a Modbus protocol gateway.

Add a USB serial port

Your Connect IT 16/48 can be configured to support USB-to-serial adapters for console access to the device, remote serial out-of-band (OOB) access to other devices, or for use in python applications. See Add a USB console port.

View serial port information

• Show serial port status and statistics

• Review the serial port message log

• Search for a port

• Serial connector pinout in reversed mode