advanced search Products Cables PC Terminal Emulator Cables, RJ-45 8-pin to DB-9 • device servers • terminal servers • console The wiring diagram for an RJ-45 8-pin to DB-9 PC terminal emulator cable is shown in Table 1. management • USB • async Table 1: EIA-232 RJ-45 8-pin to DB-9 PC terminal emulator cable From Signal Direction Signal RJ-45 To DB-9 3 GND GND Shell 4 TxD RxD 2 5 RxD TxD 3 6 SG SG 5 7 CTS RTS 7 1 DSR DTR 4 2 RTS CTS 8 8 DTR DSR 6 * Arrows indicate which direction the signal is flowing NOTES: ● Altpin should be turned off when using this cable so that pin 1 becomes DSR instead of DCD. This alternative can be used if DCD is not required, and DSR is needed instead. ● This cable utilizes the RTS signal of the PC terminal emulator for hardware flow control (RTS/CTS). ● EIA-232 cables cannot exceed 2500pF. For information about calculating capacitance of your cable, click here. ● For information regarding the EIA-232/EIA-422/EIA485 specifications, click here. products | applications | support | partners | news | about Digi | where to buy | contact us | site map Copyright © 1996-2002 Digi International. All rights reserved.