[PLUG] RS232 wiring help

Don Buchholz don at truedisk.com
Wed Nov 13 00:06:03 UTC 2002


doh!  I didn't read Jeme's orig. post close enough.

Yes, Dan, pin 5 = GND sounds right.  (Hey ... it's
been a few years since I've had to cobble these together.)



Dan Young wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 15:49, Jeme A Brelin wrote:
> 
> 
>>Now, I've got the pin diagram for the RJ45 on the switch, but I'm not sure
>>how to wire them to the DB9 for my PC.
>>So what's 5 and where does the signal ground go?
> 
> 
> I'm far from the old-school guy you are looking for, but a quick google
> seemed to indicate that pin 5 on the DB-9 is GND also. Here's one I
> found:
> 
> http://www.lantronix.com/support/docs/html/eps_ref/appc.htm
> 
> -Dan
> 
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