Holding the RJ-45 cable connectors side by side with the tab at the back, as shown below,
examine the sequence of the colored wires to determine the type of RJ-45 cable as shown in
Figure
14.
•
Straight through — The colored wires are in the same sequence at both ends of the cable.
•
Crossover — The first (far left) colored wire at one end of the cable is the third colored
wire at the other end of the cable.
Table 11
lists the signal and pinouts for the asynchronous serial Console Port and the RJ-45 to
DB-9 female DTE adapter. A picture of the adapter is shown
Table 11. RJ-45 to DB-9 Pinouts
Console Port
(DTE)
RTS
DTR
TxD
GND
GND
RxD
DSR
Rx-RF-Power
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Figure 14. Holding the RJ-45 Cable Connectors
RJ-45 Pin
Color Code
1
2
Orange
3
4
5
Green
6
Yellow
7
Brown
8
White/Grey
Figure 15 on page
RJ-45 to DB-9
Terminal Adapter
Blue
Black
Red
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Console
Device
8
CTS
6
DSR
2
RxD
NC
GND
5
GND
3
TxD
4
DTR
9
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