Note it's not just pinout... it's protocol.
If you have a cable that simply re-packages the USB protocol in to a RJ45 physical connection (your APC's?), it won't work with another device that is expecting a serial protocol. The USB-to-serial dongles actually have active electronics in them that are translating the protocol...they aren't just "connector converter cables", such as some devices (ciscos) that have a serial port that requires a simple cable with RJ45 at one end and DB9 at the other... -sc From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 9:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: APC USB-to-RJ45 cables Thanks... I know Juniper is straight through. Now, time to check on APC... Andy Shook <andy.sh...@peak10.com> wrote on 12/02/2010 08:14:45 AM: > Richard, > You need to check the network appliance to confirm pin out > requirements for the console cables. Cisco, for example is a rolled > console cable end#1 is pinned out 1-8 with end #2 pinned out 8-1. > Dell is straight through, etc. > > Shook > > From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] > Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 9:04 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: APC USB-to-RJ45 cables > > I don't think they are standard serial. > > From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] > Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 7:57 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: APC USB-to-RJ45 cables > > > Greetings! > > Having solved the issue from TUE (where I needed a serial connection > to a network appliance), I've been wondering... > > APC supplies (some of?) their UPS's with USB-to-RJ45 cables. Might > those be used to make a serial connection? > > That is, a network appliance has a "console port", and it is an RJ45 > jack. They supply an RJ45-to-DP9 adaptor to plug into a serial > port. It was suggested to me that I order a DP9-to-USB dongle to > complete that connection to a laptop. > > Before I go retrieve one of those and begin playing, has anyone out > there ever used one of those APC cables on the console port of a > network appliance for a (successful) console session? > > Thanks... > -- > Richard D. McClary > Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group > ASPCA(r) > 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 > Urbana, IL 61802 > > richardmccl...@aspca.org > > P: 217-337-9761 > C: 217-417-1182 > F: 217-337-9761 > www.aspca.org > > The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments > hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(r) > (ASPCA(r)) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named > herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential > information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, > you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, > copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments > hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in > error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently > delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software. > com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software. > com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software. > com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
