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The RS-232 serial cable that is used to connect computers and terminals to modems are commonly called RS-232 cables; technically, they confrom to the Electronics Industries Association (EIA) RS-232 standard. The cable provides asynchronous communication capabilities, such as hardware flow control, software flow control, and parity check. It has been widely used for decades. Almost all gears, instruments with digital control interface, and communications devices are equipped with the RS-232 interface. The typical transmission speed of an RS-232 connection is 9600 bps over a maximum distance of 15 meters.

SerialConnect - Terminal Communications

It's time to get sentimental. This is an application from the early days of Internet. The is/was used to connect to the once so popular bulletin board systems (BBSs). But SerialConnect is capable of doing most kinds of communications over the serial port, whether that port is connected to an external modem or by establishing direct communications between two computers on their serial ports.

Computer technicans would use this application to trap debug output from a problematic computer or router.

Here's an example on how to configure Cisco's Aironet Access Points through their serial port. You are then using SerialConnect as a terminal emulator to view the access point's setup screen and more. Use these Settings for the terminal emulator session:

- Parity: No
- Data Bits: 8
- Stop Bits: 1
- Baud: 9600
- Row Control: RTS/CTS

Have in mind that you can save the setting for later use.

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