Cables and Connectors

Other Standard Cables

Other Standard Cables

Cable and Connector on Router

Connector on Attached Device

Standard Cable or Cable Solution

Token ring, shielded, twisted-pair cable

For a medium interface

Available from several vendors, such

connecting to the 9-pin female token

connector (MIC) conforming to

as Black Box and Inmac.

ring port with a male 9-pin

IEEE 802.5 specifications for

 

subminiature D-connector

connection to a trunk coupling

Not offered by Hewlett-Packard.

 

unit (TCU)

 

RS-232 modem cable for a modem

For 25-pin female or male port

Use a standard (straight-through)

connecting to console port

 

modem cable.

RS-232 cable for a terminal or PC

For 25-pin male port

Attach a null modem adapter1 (Tandy

connecting to console port2

 

Null Modem Adapter No. 26-1496 has

 

 

been tested) to the console port. Then

 

 

attach a straight-through modem cable

 

 

to the null modem adapter.

 

For 9-pin male port

Use a Black Box PC/AT Serial Printer

 

 

Cable (EVNBPC has been tested).

 

 

OR

 

 

Attach a null modem adapter (Tandy

 

 

Null Modem Adapter No. 26-1496 has

 

 

been tested) to the console port. Then

 

 

attach a modem cable (Black Box

 

 

Cable EVNBMC and Cablex PC Modem

 

 

Cable have been tested) to the null

 

 

modem adapter.

1 The required minimum pin-out is listed in the next section, ‘‘Cable/Connector Pin-Outs’’.

2 Signals DTR (pin 20) and RTS (pin 4) must be on, or high, on your terminal or in your terminal emulation program. 3 Two cables are required for dual attachment to another HP router having an FDDI port or an adjacent DAS.

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