RJ45 RS232 serial ports
The RS232 RJ45 serial ports are 8-pin shielded and surge-suppressed to 15KV. Note
that DCD is an input.
The pinouts are shown in
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shielded
RJ45 pinouts
Pin
RJ45 pinouts
1
(serial ports)
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Shield P/GND
Notes:
1.
P/GND means Protective (Chassis) Ground
2.
S/GND means Signal Ground
Pin locations RJ45 connectors
The pins in all the RJ45 connectors (front and rear panels) are located at the bottom,
with pin 1 on the right;
Black Box Console Server user guide
shielded RJ45 pinouts RJ45 pinouts (serial ports) on page
Circuit
Direction
DCD
Input
DSR
Output
DTR
Input
S/GND
—
TXD
Output
RXD
Input
CTS
Output
RTS
Input
—
Function
Data Carrier Detect
Data Set Ready
Data Terminal Ready
Signal Ground
Transmit Data
Receive Data
Clear To Send
Request To Send
Protective (Chassis) Ground
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