[1000mp] CAT cables etc

Thu, 11 Jul 2002 09:29:41 -0300

FWIW, I just buzzed out my cable (it works, BTW) and it's a straight 
through (NOT null modem) 9pin-to-9pin (2-2, 3-3).  I did not check what 
other pins are hooked up.

It doesn't sound like you do, but if you have a 25pin conn the signals 
on 2 and 3 are reversed from what they are on a 9pin - so a "straight 
thru" 25pin-to-9pin cable needs to swap those two pins at one end.

-Mike N2MG

The following message was sent by Duncan Clark <[email protected]> on Thu, 11 Jul 2002 12:38:05 +0100.

> In message <[email protected]>, 
> Pete Smith <[email protected]> writes on the Thu, 11 Jul 2002
> >The relatively fool-proof way to do this is just to use a store-bought 
> >serial cable and a gender changer.
> 
> That's easy if you have a local store but I've nothing in the vicinity 
> :-((
> 
> I've just proved that the Targus serial port does work by sticking a 
> serial mouse on it, at work, but it fails to talk to another serial 
> controlled device that does work off a standard PC serial port so there 
> is something funny somewhere :-(
> 
> Duncan