IPX/IPC serial port pinout

2007-12-25 11:38:00

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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