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Subject: Re: Null modem cable info

Author: Keith Ian Price

Date: 13:36:28 08/07/02

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On August 07, 2002 at 12:47:19, Harald Faber wrote:

>On August 07, 2002 at 12:22:17, Thorsten Czub wrote:
>
>>On August 07, 2002 at 08:11:23, James T. Walker wrote:
>>
>>>http://www.lammertbies.nl/comm/info/RS-232_null_modem.html
>>
>>very good . the only thing we need to know NOW is how the pins
>>for the WORKING auto232 cable are conncected. has nobody such an instrument
>>to measure it ?
>
>Sure. :-)
>From my memory: It is the "Simple null modem without handshaking". Pin 5 normal
>connected (ground or vcc, s.th. like that), and the most important is that the
>pins 2&3 are crossed:
>Pin 2 from the first plug leads to Pin 3 in the second plug and Pin 3 from the
>first plug leads to Pin 2 in the second plug.
>That is the "secret"...


That is for 9-pin to 9-pin only. For 25 pin to 25 pin 2-3 3-2 7-7. For 9-pin to
25-pin 2-2 3-3 5-7. That should cover it all.

kp



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