Compatible CIMs
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Connecting a Serial Device via the Serial CIM
ToconnectanASCIIserialdevice,LAN/WANcomponentoracomputer
throughaserialport(RS‐232)totheMCCATsystem,useoneofRaritanʹs
serialCIMs:P2CIM‐SERorP2CIM‐SER‐EU.TheseCIMscanemulatean
ASCIIterminalandconverttheserialdatafromtheASCIIdevicetoVG
A
video(800x600x60)andPS/2keyboardsignals.Thisconversionallows
userstoaccessandoperateanyASCIIserialdeviceconnectedtothe
MCCATsystem.
HerearesomeusefulfeaturesoftheserialCIMs:
• InteroperateswithanASCIIdeviceintheOnLineModeasifthe
devicewereattachedtoatexttermi
nal
• Edits,copies,marks,and/orresendsdatatotheASCIIserialdeviceor
computerintheBufferEditMode
• Maintainseightpagesofdatainacircularbuffer
• Provides12programmablekeysforfrequently‐usedcharacterstrings
orcommands
Note:TheP2CIM‐SERandP2CIM‐SER‐EUarefunctionallyid
entical.Theonly
differencebetweenthetwoisthattheP2CIM‐SER‐EUsupportsawidervariety
ofnon‐Englishlanguagekeyboardsandcharactersets.
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DB9connector
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USBconnector
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RJ45connector