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On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 19:20:36 -0400 |
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"David H. Askew" <dhaskew@×××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> I was looking around and found a Cisco console cable in a box of old |
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> junk. It has, surprise surprise, RJ-45 on one side, and 9-pin serial on |
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> the other. Would that work? |
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Maybe, but Cisco is known for having a "special" pinout. |
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Best bet is to get a build-it-yourself RJ45 to DB9F adaptor - about |
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US$2.90, and the associated pin pusher - cause you'll mess up a |
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few times. |
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you;ll need to figure out which pins are transmit and receive - 2, and 3 on the DB9 |
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side. Also, note that different brands of RJ45 to DB9F connectors have |
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different color codes for the wires. Typically you'll use 5 of the 8 wires, so best to |
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create a map on paper. There is supposed to be the Yost standard, but certain |
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folks do violate it at times - Cisco, Dell, etc. So you need to know the RS232 pinout |
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of your system. |
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Here are some pretty decent resources - |
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http://www.ossmann.com/5-in-1.html |
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http://yost.com/Computers/RJ45-serial/ |
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Bob |
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