On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 7:33 AM, Vincent L. Damewood<[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 9:43 PM, Russell Johnson<[email protected]> wrote: >> I believe the proper term for this would be null modem. I.e. crossing >> the tx and rx lines. > > Not in this case. While a null-modem cable is indeed a cable with Tx > and Rx crossed, what he's looking for is the cable that runs from his > motherboard to the serial port mounted on his chassis (including the > port itself), not an external cable. In this case, whether the wiring > should be 'straight' or 'crossed' probably has something to do with > the pin layout on his motherboard. > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > Exactly. The 2 x 5 connector can be numbered with odds along one long side and the evens along the other, or sequentially along one long side then continuing along the other side. The "straight through" term means that the pin #'s on the DB9 match the ribbon cable's numbering.
I am curious why this inquiry has caused so much confusion. Did the link, http://mail.google.com/mail/?hl=en&tab=wm#inbox/123437ee7990db99, not come through? I titled my posting with the word internal. I indicated needing to connect to the MB. Is there more I should have said? -Denis _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
