ATLAS 550 System Manual - Adtran

Section 5 DLP-12 ATLAS 550 System Manual
Perform the following steps in the order listed.
1. Mount the modem in its permanent position.
2. Connect power to the modem using manufacturer instructions.
3. Configure the modem as follows:
Speed 9600 bps
Data bits 8
Parity none
Stop bits 1
Flow control hardware
Auto answer on
DTR ignore
4. Connect the data cable’s male RJ-45 connector to the ADMIN port’s female RJ-45 connector. (The
DB-9 CRAFT interface on the front of the unit is not modem-capable.)
5. Route the data cable to the modem.
6. Connect the other end of the data cable to the RJ-45 end of the supplied connector (Female RJ-45 to
Male DB-25). Then connect the DB-25 end of the connector to the modem, configured as in step 3.
7. Connect the modem to the POTS line as required by the manufacturer.
8. Log in to the ATLAS 550 system. (Refer to DLP-2, Logging in to the ATLAS 550, for detailed
instructions).
9. From the MAIN MENU, select the SYSTEM CONFIG menu and press the right-arrow key to enter the
right-pane menus.
10. From the SYSTEM CONFIG menu, select the CHAIN PORT menu and press . Once in the CHAIN
PORT menus, press the right-arrow key to enter the right-pane menus.
11. From the CHAIN PORT menus, select the PORT TYPE menu and select DIAL.
If you are connected to the ATLAS 550 using the CRAFT or ADMIN interfaces,
changing the PORT TYPE mode to DIAL will terminate your session. You MUST have
Ethernet access to the ATLAS 550 to change the PORT TYPE back to DIRECT and
restore your terminal session.
To complete the connection to the unit, the ATLAS 550 must now be called from a PC
configured to emulate a VT100 terminal, with communication software set as in step 3 and
configured for DIAL mode.
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