Chapter 4; Introduction; The Rs232 Standard - Brainboxes CC-257 Hardware Manual

RS232 Pinouts and Port Cabling PCI DUAL RS232

Chapter 4

RS232 PINOUTS AND PORT
CABLING.

Introduction.

This chapter gives details of the 9 and 25 pin RS232 pin outs,
cabling and connections, with information on how to connect the
serial ports of two PCs and how to make a selftest loop back
connector.

The RS232 Standard.

The RS232 standard is ancient in computer industry terms.
Introduced in 1962, it is now widely established. RS232 is a slow
speed, short distance, single ended transmission system (i.e. only
one wire per signal). Typical RS232 maximum cable length is 50
feet with a maximum data rate of 20K bits per second.
Figure 4-1. RS232 Point To Point Connection.
RS232C Standard
1 Driver 1 Receiver
Line Length Max Data Rate
50 Feet = 15m 20 Kbits/sec
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