| | 1 | == Airspan LTE Base Station Serial Console == |
| | 2 | The Airspan base stations have a 9 pin connector (hidden behind a black hex bolt next to the |
| | 3 | |
| | 4 | ethernet port) which allows access to the two serial consoles (one for the airspan radio and the |
| | 5 | |
| | 6 | other for the networking unit). This is useful for recovery purposes when the base station does not |
| | 7 | |
| | 8 | respond via software, SSH, or web interfaces. |
| | 9 | |
| | 10 | === Connector === |
| | 11 | Compatible connector on Digikey (CUI Inc. model MD-90): [https://www.digikey.com/product- |
| | 12 | |
| | 13 | detail/en/MD-90/CP-2090-ND/145326 CP-2090-ND] |
| | 14 | |
| | 15 | * Black plastic casing and strain relief are discarded, otherwise it will not fit into the base |
| | 16 | |
| | 17 | station. |
| | 18 | * The front 3/4" of the connector must be kept clear (even heat shrink tubing on the front section |
| | 19 | |
| | 20 | will prevent insertion). |
| | 21 | * Solder wires to the shorter/larger diameter pins. |
| | 22 | |
| | 23 | Pinout of base station "jack" (or the side of the connector you will solder to): |
| | 24 | ||Airspan||TX1, RX1|| |
| | 25 | ||asil8xx||TX2, RX2|| |
| | 26 | ||Ground||outer casing|| |
| | 27 | |
| | 28 | [[Image(airspan_serial_console_pinout.png)]] |
| | 29 | |
| | 30 | Connect over a standard RS232 serial port. |
| | 31 | |
| | 32 | === Serial Port Settings === |
| | 33 | ||Baud Rate||120000|| |
| | 34 | ||Data Bits||8|| |
| | 35 | ||Stop Bits||1|| |
| | 36 | ||Parity||none|| |
| | 37 | ||Flow Control||none|| |
| | 38 | ||Transmitted Text||append carriage return (not applicable to PuTTY)|| |
| | 39 | '''Note:''' PuTTY is recommended because it can properly forward Ctrl+C like commands to the base |
| | 40 | |
| | 41 | station which are necessary because the consoles have a linux shell. |
