<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Configure the modem or the null-modem cable</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="Remote Serial Console HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="UP" TITLE="Preparation" HREF="preparation.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Select a serial speed and parameters" HREF="preparation-setspeed.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Configure the terminal or the terminal emulator" HREF="preparation-terminal.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="SECTION" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >Remote Serial Console HOWTO</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="preparation-setspeed.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" >Chapter 2. Preparation</TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="preparation-terminal.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECTION" ><H1 CLASS="SECTION" ><A NAME="PREPARATION-MODEM" ></A >2.4. Configure the modem or the null-modem cable</H1 ><P >If a modem is used, configure it to be a dumb modem at the port speed selected in <A HREF="preparation-setspeed.html" >Section 2.3</A >. If the modem accepts Hayes <SPAN CLASS="ACRONYM" >AT</SPAN > commands see <A HREF="modem.html" >Chapter 12</A > to dumb-down the modem.</P ><P >Alternatively if a terminal and a null-modem cable are used see <A HREF="serial-pc-terminal.html" >Section 11.3</A >, which discusses the pinout of the null modem cable.</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="preparation-setspeed.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="preparation-terminal.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Select a serial speed and parameters</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="preparation.html" ACCESSKEY="U" >Up</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Configure the terminal or the terminal emulator</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >