Siemens RUGGEDCOM RX1500 Installation Manual

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RUGGEDCOM RX1500Installation GuideChapter 2Installing the DeviceCabling Recommendations 15IMPORTANT!The serial console and management (MGMT) ports are intended to be used only as temporaryconnections during initial configuration or troubleshooting.The serial console port implements RS232 DCE (Data Communication Equipment) on a DB9 connector. Thefollowing is the pin-out for the port:59 61Figure 12: Serial DB9 Console PortPin Name Description1 Reserved (Do Not Connect)2 TX Transmit Data3 RX Receive Data4 Reserved (Do Not Connect)5 GND Common Ground6 Reserved (Do Not Connect)7 Reserved (Do Not Connect)8 Reserved (Do Not Connect)9 Reserved (Do Not Connect)The management port is a 10/100/1000Base-T copper Ethernet port with an RJ45 connector. The following is thepin-out for the management port:18Figure 13: RJ45 Management PortPin Name Description1 RX+ Receive Data+2 RX- Receive Data-3 TX+ Transmit Data+4 Reserved (Do Not Connect)5 Reserved (Do Not Connect)6 TX- Transmit Data-7 Reserved (Do Not Connect)8 Reserved (Do Not Connect)Communication PortsConnect any of the available Ethernet ports on the device to a management switch and access the ROX IIconsole and Web interfaces via the device's IP address. For more information about available ports, refer toChapter 3, Communication Ports.Section 2.6Cabling RecommendationsSiemens recommends using SIMATIC NET industrial Ethernet shielded cables for all Ethernet ports.Refer to the following sections for further recommendations and considerations: