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title: "Connect to the Console Port"
slug: "connect-to-the-console-port"
updated: 2023-03-06T14:32:33Z
published: 2023-03-06T14:32:33Z
canonical: "docs.zpesystems.com/connect-to-the-console-port"
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# Connect to the Console Port

Use the provided CAT5e and RJ45-DB9 Z000036 adapter/cable to communicate with the Nodegrid unit.

1. Connect one end of the CAT5e cable to the Nodegrid console port.
2. Connect the other end to the RJ45-DB9 adapter.
3. Plug the adapter into the PC's DB9 COM port.  
If no DB9 COM port, use a USB-DB9 adapter (not provided).
4. On the PC, use a serial application (Xterm, TeraTerm, PuTTY, SecureCRT) to open a terminal session to the COM port:
5. Set it to: 115200bps, 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit, no flow control settings.

NOTESee system information to find the COM port.