SUMMARY: IPX/IPC serial port pinout

From: Wozniak Chris (Chris.Wozniak@fujitsu.com.au)
Date: Tue Oct 28 1997 - 02:56:40 CST


Greetings Sunners

In reply to my query:

> Hello Gurus,
>
> Would anyone have pinouts for the old IPX 15 pin round plug serial ports ?
>
> Thanks in advance

(ooops,I got the number of pins wrong), I've received 6 replies, most containing
the diagrams and pin assignments, but also some other useful info. I think that
I also detected a mild reproach for not checking the sun.hardware.FAQ - sorry
(blush). Here's the pinout :

  pinout of db-8 connector on IPC to connect to DB-25 modem:

    Din-8 DB-25 Circuit Signal Direction Description
      1 20 CD DTR output Data Terminal Ready
      2 5 CB CTS input Clear to Send
      3 2 BA TxD output Transmit Data
      4 7 AB GND - Ground
      5 3 BB RxD input Receive Data
      6 4 CA RTS output Request to Send
      7 8 CF DCD input Data Carrier Detect
      8 17 DD RTxC input Receive Clock

    The pins on the Din-8 connector look like:

                     ---------
                   ' === `
                 ' `
                ' | 6 | 7 | 8 `
               | ___ ___ ___ |
               | 3 4 5 |
                ` ___ ___ '
                 ` 1 2 '
                   ` '
                     ---------

The Sun part number for the adapter cable is 530-1816-01, however one reply
recommends using an old MacIntosh serial cable :)).
Pinout etc. are also available from :
http://www.stokely.com/unix.serial.port.resources/A-B-Ycablepinout.html

Many thanks to:
bhaskar.g bhaskar@adiblr1.soft.net
Glenn Satchell glenn@uniq.com.au www.uniq.com.au
Jens Fischer fischjns@kat.ina.de
James K. Brigman Alcatel Telecom
Celeste Stokely celeste@stokely.com
Gary W. Cook gcook@netcom.com

Chris Wozniak
Customer Services Engineer FBA, WA, Australia
                   chris.wozniak@fba.com.au



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