Serial Port Adapter Cables; Table B-12 Female Db9 To Female Minidin8 Adapter Cable Pinout - Silicon Graphics Octane2 Owner's Manual

Serial Port Adapter Cables

The Octane2 workstation's serial ports conform to the PC standard pinout for EIA
standard RS-232 signals.
The purpose of the adapter cable is to allow the Octane2 workstation to use standard PC
or Macintosh serial devices.
Table B-12 shows the adapter cable pinout for a standard PC or Macintosh serial port.
Female DB9 to Female MiniDIN8 Adapter Cable Pinout
Table B-12
From: Female DB To: MiniDIN8
1 7
2 5
3 3
4 1
5 4
6 8
7 6
8 2
9 unused
The purpose of the following adapter cable is to support ANSI/SMPTE Standard
107M-1992.
PC Signal Macintosh Signal
DCD GPi
RD RxD-
TD TxD-
DTR TxD+
SG SG
DSR RxD+
RTS HSKo
CTS HSKi
RI unused
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