Testing a Port with a Dumb Terminal

Use this procedure to troubleshoot a Digi serial port.

1. Connect terminals to the ports (using a null modem cable, if necessary).
2. Test the connection by entering the following at the UNIX command prompt:

# date > /path/device

where path and device are the path and device name for the port respectively.

The date command is used for this simple test to provide text output (there is no other significance).