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Table 27 provides the X.21 cable pinouts. (The pair suffix A or B refers to an individual wire within a twisted pair.)

Table 27 X.21 cable pinouts

Standard-wired

 

Pair number

Standard-wired

 

end 28-pin male

Signal name

and conductor

end 15-pin male

Notes

 

 

 

 

 

2

TXDA

pair 1A

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

TXDB

pair 1B

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

RXDA

pair 2A

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

RXDB

pair 2B

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

TXCA

pair 3A

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

TXCB

pair 3B

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

RXCA

pair 4A

pair 5A

Note 1

 

 

 

 

 

9

RXCB

pair 4B

pair 5B

Note 1

 

 

 

 

 

24

SCTEA

pair 5A

pair 4A

Note 1

 

 

 

 

 

11

SCTEB

pair 5B

pair 4B

Note 1

 

 

 

 

 

4

RTSA

pair 6A

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

RTSB

pair 6B

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

CTSA

pair 7A

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

CTSB

pair 7B

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

DSRA

pair 8A

no conn

Note 2

 

 

 

 

 

22

DSRB

pair 8B

no conn

Note 2

 

 

 

 

 

20

DTRA

pair 9A

no conn

Note 2

 

 

 

 

 

23

DTRB

pair 9B

no conn

Note 2

 

 

 

 

 

8

DCDA

pair 10A

no conn

Note 2

 

 

 

 

 

10

DCDB

pair 10B

no conn

Note 2

 

 

 

 

 

18

LL

pair 11A

no conn

Note 2

 

 

 

 

 

21

RL

pair 11B

no conn

Note 2

 

 

 

 

 

25

TM

pair 12A

no conn

Note 2

 

 

 

 

 

26

M0

pair 12B

no conn

Note 2

 

 

 

 

 

27

M1

pair 13A

no conn

Note 2

 

 

 

 

 

28

M2<-SIGNAL GROUND

pair 13B

8

Note 3

 

 

 

 

 

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Nortel Networks 1010, 1050, 1100 manual cable pinouts

1010, 1050, 1100 specifications

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