One of the pins will be blocked to prevent you from plugging in a RS-232 port. We chose DB-9 because they are easy to find and easy to hand wire. Have you ever tried to hand wire one of those DIN connectors on the back of most radios? I have. Gerald
Gerald Youngblood, K5SDR FlexRadio Systems Ph: 512-535-4713 Fax: 512-233-5143 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.flex-radio.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neal Campbell > Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 10:17 AM > To: FlexRadio List > Subject: [Flexradio] Flex 5000a flexwire plug > > I can already predict a lot of people will be plugging serial > port cables into the db 9 female port on the 5000a. Do you > need all 9 signals on the port? If not, why not put a stop in > one of the holes so an OEM male db9 will not fit? I assume > that we will be buying devices that include the cable and > they can just snip off whatever signal you block on the plug. > > Otherwise, will there be any damage if we accidently connect > a computer to the flex wire port? If you have engineered it > so there wil be no damage, then the need for enforced > vigilance decreases dramatically. > > 73 > Neal > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/ attachments/20070708/41021474/attachment.html > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio mailing list > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio > Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ > > _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
