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- From: vjh21@cas.org (Vince Herried)
- Subject: RE: How to make a NULL modem cable
- Message-ID: <1992Aug13.174001.28285@cas.org>
- Keywords: NULL modem
- Sender: vjh21@cas.org (Vince Herried ext 2877)
- Organization: Chemical Abstracts Service
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 17:40:01 GMT
- Lines: 68
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- One kind of NULL modem cable is as follows:
-
- pin pin
- 1------------------------1
- 2------------------------3* see note
- 3------------------------2
- 4---+ +--------4
- | |
- 5---+ +--------5
-
- 7------------------------7
-
- 6---+ +--------6
- | |
- 8---+ +--------8
- | |
- 20--+ +-------20
-
-
- An official null modem cable is only good if using official null modems :-)
- If the above doesn't work, then it is likely that you don't really need a null
- modem. Change the above so that pin 2 connects to 2 and 3 to 3 and try again.
- The above is a simple version that does not support device signaling.
-
-
- If you need hardware handshaking or what is sometimes called a 7 wire connection
- then use the following:
-
- pin pin
- 1------------------------1
- 2------------------------3* see note
- 3------------------------2
- 4------------------------5
- 5------------------------4
- 6-----------------+------8
- |
- +-----20
-
- 7------------------------7
- 8---+
- |
- 20--+--------------------6
-
-
- The above should work for most all devices. The trouble is that the
- RS232C standard does not clearly define how manufactures are going to
- configure their machines. The RS323C standard only defines things like
- the voltages and the physical connector.
-
- gud luck, If it don't work then
- the number to call is
- BR 549
-
-
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