Serial Cables And Adapter Specifications; Printer/Dumb Terminal Serial Cable; Table A-5 Serial Port Pinout - Silicon Graphics Tezro Hardware User's Manual

A: Technical Specifications and Pinouts
Serial Cables and Adapter Specifications

Printer/Dumb Terminal Serial Cable

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Table A-5 shows pinout assignments for the 9-pin male DB-9 connector.
Table A-5 Serial Port Pinout
Pin Assignment
1 DCD
2 RXD
3 TXD
4 DTR
5 GND
6 DSR
7 RTS
8 CTS
9 RI
This section contains cable pinout information for serial cables that you can connect to
your workstation. It also describes SGI serial port converters. The following topics are
covered:
• "Printer/Dumb Terminal Serial Cable" on page 132
• "PC Modem Serial Cable" on page 133
• "Serial Port Adapter Cables" on page 135
For serial printers and dumb terminals, use a 3-wire standard PC cable. Table A-6 shows
the cable connector pinout assignments for this cable.
Description
Data carrier detect
Receive data
Transmit data
Data terminal ready
Signal ground
Data set ready
Request to send
Clear to send
Ring indicator
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