Cables to Go TE100-S55 manual Appendix B RS-232 Pin Specification

Appendix B RS-232 Pin Specification

The RS-232 serial port of the TE100-S55 uses a 9-pin female connector. The port can be connected to a PC emulating a VT100 terminal or an actual VT100 terminal.

For a local connection, the table below shows the pin layout of a

9to 9-pin or a 9 to 25-pin cable connection between the TE100-S55 and the management terminal.

	TE100-S55 (DCE)			Terminal (DTE)
Pin		Signal name	for 9-pin		for 25-pin	Signal
number						name
1		not used	1		-	not used
2		transmit (TD)	2		3	RD
3		Receive (RD)	3		2	TD
4		Data Carrier Detect	4		20	DTR
		(DCD)
5		signal ground (SG)	5		7	SG
6		Data Terminal Ready	6		8	DCD
		(DTR)
7		clear to send (CTS)	7		4	RTS
8		request to send (RTS)	8		5	CTS
9		not used	9		-	not used

The TE100-S55 to Terminal RS-232 pin connections

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