Digi Passport 48 Quick Start Manual

Quick Start Guide

Digi Passport®

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1 Verify your components

Included equipment

Verify that you have all included equipment. If any item is missing or damaged, contact your supplier.

2 Connect the hardware

1. Connect the power cord(s).

2. Connect the Ethernet cable.

3 Assign network settings

Use the DPA utility or Digi Device Discovery Utility to configure your device:

1. Download the appropriate tool for your operating system.

a. Go to www.digi.com/products/consoleservers/digipassport.

b. Click the Utilities tab under Product Support.

c. Select your operating system from the drop-down menu, then download the DPA utility (for UNIX/Linux) or Device Discovery

Utility (for Windows).

2. Use the utility to perform initial device configuration, as needed. Alternatively, use the straight-through serial cable with the appropriate

adapter to the Passport console port, https, or SSHv2.

Note The Passport has SNMP, SSHv1 and Telnet to the command line disabled by default and http is automatically redirected to https.

If you are a power user, you can use the configuration menu.

1. Establish a serial connection through the console port (9600, 8, N, 1).

2. Log in as root with the password dbps.

3. Type the command configmenu. Select Option 1 - Network Configuration and follow the prompts.

4. Enter the IP address in the URL address bar of your browser and go to step 4, Test configuration. (The default address is 192.168.161.5.)

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4 Test configuration

1. Insert the RJ-45 diagnostic loop into Port 1:

2. Enter:

User ID root

Password dbps

3. Log in to port 1:

Username root

Password dbps

Verify your connection to the port by typing some text. If the text appears

correctly on the screen, the configuration is correct.

4. Click Close to exit the port.

5. On the left navigation bar, click Serial Port > Connection > Port Title #.

Installation is complete.

6. Configure the device for your application using your browser. To get back

to your Digi Passport after your initial configuration, enter the IP address in

the URL address bar and log in. Use thenavigation bar on the left to alter

your configuration.

Below is a list of available adapters and their part numbers.

Connection Adapters (in quantities of 8) Order # Application

DB-9M Modem adapter 76000702 DCE devices such as modems with DB9 female ports

DB-9F Console adapter 76000671 Bay Accelar, Nortel and other DB-9 DTE

DB-25F Console adapter 76000673 DTE devices with DB-25 male ports

DB-25M Modem adapter 76000670 DCE devices such as modems

DB-25M Console adapter 76000672 Oracle SPARC and other DTE devices with DB-25 female ports