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- CABLE DESIGN LEGEND: The diagrams should be interpreted as follows:
-
- DEVICE-1 DEVICE-2 The cable is viewed from end to end, with the DEVICE-1
- ------------------ end to be connected to the port on DEVICE-1, and the
- 2 --------- 3 DEVICE-2 end connected to the port on DEVICE-2.
- 3 <-------- 2 In the example on the left, pin 20 at the DEVICE-1 end of
- 4 --|-----> 8 the cable should be connected straight through to pin 20
- 5 <-| of the DEVICE-2 end. Pin 2 at one end should be connected
- 20 --------- 20 to pin 3 at the other end. Pin 4 from DEVICE-1 should be
- connected to pin 5 at the same end, as well as pin 8 at
- the DEVICE-2 end of the cable.
- SPECIAL NOTE: If a straight through cable has been designed(pins 1--1, 2--2,
- 3--3, 4--4, 5--5,...etc., not all pins in the design are necessary. This
- design is given for completeness. A general rule is: if the lead is not
- present in both DEVICE 1 & 2's ports, there is no need to include it. Yet
- a flat/ribbon cable with all 25 leads should be used for ease & completeness.
- MODEMS TO COMPUTERS: The straight through cable includes connecting pins 22,
- Ring Indicator, at both ends. Unless a modem is being connected to a DEVICE,
- these pins are probably not needed. In the case of an IBM AT to modem cable,
- connect pin 9 at the AT end to pin 22 at the modem end of the cable.
- SYNCHRONOUS CONNECTIONS: Ignore Pins 15, 17, & 24 of a straight through cable
- unless it is being designed to connect a device and modem for synchronous
- communication.
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