Technical Specifications

E-5

Flow Control If your computer and software support Clear to Send and you wish to use Requirements Transmit Data hardware flow control (&H1), Pin 5 (DB-25) or Pin 8 (DB-9)

is required.

If your computer and software support Request to Send and you wish to use Received Data hardware flow control (&R2), Pin 4 (DB-25) or Pin 7 (DB-9) is required.

For Macintosh If you’re connecting your modem to a Macintosh computer, we strongly Computers recommend that you purchase a hardware handshaking cable to get the

most reliable performance.

Mac Pin

Mac Pin Description

Modem Pin

Modem Pin Description

 

 

 

 

1

Output Handshake

4, 20

Request-to-Send and Data

 

 

 

Terminal Ready

 

 

 

 

2

Input Handshake

5

Clear-to-Send

 

 

 

 

3

Transmit Data -

2

Transmit Data

 

 

 

 

4

Ground

7

Ground

 

 

 

 

4, 8

Ground to Received

 

 

 

Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

Received Data -

3

Received Data

 

 

 

 

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