Remote Rig
RRC 1258 Support in English => Hardware, Cabling, Installations => Topic started by: KV6T on 2012-02-07, 07:00:54
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Sorry for my general lack of familiarity with RS-232 data cables. Just
Why will a "standard" straight-through RS-232 from the TS-480 RF unit to the Radio-RRC COM2 not work in this application? As far as I can see from the diagram on page 147, It looks like pins 2,3,5,7,8 are connected straight through.
Thanks,
Mark
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Mark,
Because one is male and the other female, so the pinout is backwards.
I found a link that shows this clearly: http://www.zytrax.com/tech/layer_1/cables/tech_rs232.htm#pins
73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX
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Mitch,
Thanks for your reply.
I actually saw that site, but I was still confused. Is the standard DB9 M/F cable wired 1-5, 2-4, 3-3, 4-2, etc. rather than 1-1, 2-2, 3-3, ....
If that's the case, it appears that the EIA did this to confuse us :)
Thanks,
Mark
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Hi Mark,
I would compare it to looking in a mirror....everything is in the same place, just reversed.
That is how this is as well ;)
73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX
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I made the cable and it works great on COM2. Thanks again for your help.
Remoterig rocks!