Connecting Your Laptop To Cisco Unified Meetingplace - Cisco 700 MHz Installation And Upgrade Manual

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.
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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.
To Connect Your Laptop to Cisco Unified MeetingPlace
Locate the female-to-female DB9 null modem cable that shipped with the Cisco Unified MeetingPlace
Step 1
Audio Server. This is a required tool, as listed in the
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Caution
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Connecting Your Laptop to Cisco Unified MeetingPlace, page 3-1
About Configuring Your Laptop, page 3-2
Setting Up HyperTerminal, page 3-3
Logging Your HyperTerminal Session, page 3-3
Setting Up Dial-Up Networking, page 3-4
Testing the Modem Connection, page 3-4
1-4. See Figure 3-1 for cable pinouts.
Before proceeding, confirm 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
section on page 1-4) to test this.
Installation and Upgrade Guide for Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Audio Server 6.x
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"Tools Required for the Installation" section on
"Tools Required for the Installation"
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