Connecting to LiveCapture through the serial port
Using the serial port on LiveCapture, a laptop, and a terminal program of your choice, you can log into LiveCapture and access the LiveCapture command prompt (admin@livecapture).
To connect to LiveCapture:
1. Connect a serial console cable from your laptop to the serial port on the back of LiveCapture. The cable must be an RS-232 (null modem) cable with a female DB-9 connector for the serial port on LiveCapture.
2. Using any serial terminal program (e.g., HyperTerminal or Putty), establish a connection to LiveCapture. Make sure the appropriate terminal settings match the default settings below for LiveCapture:
• Terminal Type: [VT100+]
• Bits per second: [115200]
• Data Bits: [8]
• Parity: [None]
• Stop Bits: [1]
• Flow Control: [None]
• VT-UTF8 Combo Key Support: [Enabled]
• Recorder Mode: [Disabled]
• Resolution 100x31: [Enabled]
3. Once a connection to LiveCapture has been established, the LiveCapture login prompt appears.
4. Log into LiveCapture as you normally would. The LiveCapture command prompt (admin@livecapture) appears.
5. At this point, you can configure network settings by using the ‘omni-interface’ command script, as described in Configuring network settings by command script. Additionally, please configure an NTP server as described in Time.