Installation and Upgrade Guide for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Audio Server Release 5.3
Connecting and Setting Up Your Laptop Computer

Table Of Contents

Connecting and Setting Up Your Laptop Computer

Connecting Your Laptop to Cisco Unified MeetingPlace

About Configuring Your Laptop

Setting Up HyperTerminal

Logging Your HyperTerminal Session

Setting Up Dial-Up Networking

Testing the Modem Connection


Connecting and Setting Up Your Laptop Computer


This chapter explains how to connect your laptop to the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace system and how to set up your laptop so that you can use HyperTerminal. This chapter includes the following sections:

Connecting Your Laptop to Cisco Unified MeetingPlace

Setting Up HyperTerminal

Logging Your HyperTerminal Session

Setting Up Dial-Up Networking

Testing the Modem Connection

Connecting Your Laptop to Cisco Unified MeetingPlace

Before using the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Audio Server system, connect your laptop to the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace system.


Step 1 Locate the female-to-female DB9 null modem cable that Cisco Systems shipped with your Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Audio Server. This is a required tool, as listed in the "Tools Required for Installation" section. See Figure 3-1 for cable pinouts.


Caution Before proceeding, verify that the null modem cable that you are using has the correct wiring. Specifically, verify the connection between the DCD and DSR. You can use a connectivity tester (a required tool, as listed in the "Tools Required for Installation" section) to test this.

Figure 3-1 Null Modem Cable Pinouts

Step 2 Connect one end of the null modem cable to the COM 1 port on the CPU card in the front of the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Audio Server.

Step 3 Connect the other end of the null modem cable to the COM port on your laptop.


About Configuring Your Laptop

You can access the Command Line Interface (CLI) command screen by running terminal emulation software, such as ProComm, Windows Terminal, or HyperTerminal. Configure your laptop COM port with the parameters listed in Table 3-1.

Table 3-1 Laptop COM Port Parameters

Parameter
Value

Baud Rate

19200

Data Length

8 bits

Parity

None

Stop Bits

1


No phone number or area code is needed for direct connections to a COM port. Depending on the configuration of the laptop, the direct connection (9-pin connector) may be any of the COM ports, but most likely, COM 1.

Set up the terminal emulation software to emulate a VT100 terminal. If your laptop is connected to a Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Audio Server and the operating system is running, the login prompt appears. It is sometimes necessary to press Enter once or twice.

For Release 5.2, the default username is tech and the default password is wit!tra$. For Release 5.3, the default username is admin and the default password is cisco.


Note If the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Audio Server is not powered on yet, you will not see the login prompt.


Setting Up HyperTerminal

This section explains how to set up HyperTerminal to telnet to the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace system. There are several ways to telnet to the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace system. HyperTerminal is available on all operating systems. These instructions are for the Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system. If you are not using this version, the HyperTerminal instructions may vary.


Step 1 Go to Start > Programs > Accessories > Communications > HyperTerminal. The HyperTerminal dialog box appears.

Step 2 Enter a name for your connection, for example, "Cisco Unified MeetingPlace." Click OK. The Connect to... dialog box opens.

Step 3 In the Connect Using drop-down menu, select TCP/IP (Winsock). The Connect to... dialog box reappears.

Step 4 In the Host address field, enter 198.207.208.241. In the Port number field, enter 23. Click OK. The HyperTerminal window appears.

Step 5 If the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Audio Server is already powered on, press Enter a few times to see the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace tech$ prompt. If the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Audio Server is not powered on yet, you will not see the login prompt.


Note Telnet sessions usually close after a specific time. However, if you do not exit some commands properly, the Telnet session may remain up indefinitely.



Logging Your HyperTerminal Session

Generate a log of your HyperTerminal session so that you can refer to it later. This example describes logging a session by using HyperTerminal. If you are not using HyperTerminal, the instructions may vary.


Step 1 Go to the Transfer menu in the HyperTerminal window.

Step 2 Select Capture Text.

Step 3 Save the file. Note the location so that you can retrieve the file later.

Step 4 Click Start.


Setting Up Dial-Up Networking

This section explains how to set up dial-up networking on a Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system to connect to the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Audio Server system via a modem.


Step 1 On your Microsoft Windows 2000 system, right-click the My Network Places icon on your desktop.

Step 2 Select Properties.

Step 3 Double-click Make New Connection. The Network Connection Wizard dialog box opens.

Step 4 Click Next. The Network Connection Type dialog box appears.

Step 5 Select Dial-up to private network and click Next. The Network Connection Wizard dialog box appears. (If you have more than one dial-up device on your computer, you may not see this dialog box at this time. Instead you may see a dialog box asking you to choose a dial-up device. Choose the dial-up device that you want to use and press Next. The Network Connection Wizard dialog box appears.)

Step 6 Enter the phone number of the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Audio Server modem in the phone number field and click Next. The Connection Availability dialog box appears.

Step 7 Select For all users. Click Next. The Completing the Network Connection Wizard dialog box appears.

Step 8 Enter the company name in the field labeled "Type the name you want to use for this connection." Click Finish. The Connection dialog box appears.

Step 9 Click Properties. The Connection Properties dialog box appears.

Step 10 Select the General tab.

Step 11 Click Configure. The Modem Configuration dialog box appears.

Step 12 Change the maximum speed to 19200 bps. Click OK. The Connection Properties dialog box appears.

Step 13 Click the Networking tab.

Step 14 Under "Type of dial-up server I am calling," select SLIP: Unix Connection. Under "Components checked are used by this connection:," select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). Click Properties. The Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties dialog box appears.

Step 15 Select Use the following IP address and enter 198.207.208.242 in the IP address field.

Step 16 Exit the Properties window by clicking OK.

Step 17 Exit the networking window by clicking OK. Your connection is now complete.


Testing the Modem Connection


Step 1 Right-click the My Network Places icon on your desktop.

Step 2 Select Properties. The Network and Dial-up Connections window appears.

Step 3 Double-click the connection that you just created.

Step 4 Click Dial.