[geeks] QUESTION: RJ45 -> RS-232, using CAT5 cable

Bill Bradford mrbill at mrbill.net
Tue May 29 21:13:32 CDT 2007


On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 07:34:19PM -0400, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> This pin out worked perfectly.
> However, don't you have some of the pins labeled backwards?
> For example, pin 2 is TX, 3 is RX, 4 is RTS, 5 is CTS, etc.
> It seems like you gave the pins of straight through, but the labels of
> null connection.
> Not a big deal, it worked great, just wondered if you knew and had a
> reason for that labeling.

This is how it's listed in the back of the manual for the console 
server I've been using. 8-)

Bill

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