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Console Port Signals and Pinouts
Use the thin, flat, RJ-45-to-RJ-45 roll-over cable and RJ-45-to-DB-9 female DTE adapter
(labeled "TERMINAL") to connect the console port to a PC running terminal emulation
software. Figure C-2 shows how to connect the console port to a PC. Table C-1 lists the
pinouts for the asynchronous serial console port, the RJ-45-to-RJ-45 roll-over cable, and
the RJ-45-to-DB-9 female DTE adapter (labeled "TERMINAL").
Figure C-2
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Table C-1
Console
Port (DTE)
Signal
RTS
DTR
TxD
GND
GND
RxD
DSR
CTS
1. Pin 1 is connected internally to Pin 8.
Console and Auxiliary Port Signals and Pinouts
Connecting the Console Port to a PC
RJ-45-to-RJ-45
roll-over cable
Console Port Signaling and Cabling Using a DB-9 Adapter
RJ-45-to-RJ-45
Roll-Over Cable
RJ-45 Pin
RJ-45 Pin
1
1
8
2
7
3
6
4
5
5
4
6
3
7
2
1
8
1
PC
RJ-45-to-DB-9 adapter
(labeled "TERMINAL")
RJ-45-to-DB-9
Console
Terminal Adapter
Device
DB-9 Pin
Signal
8
CTS
6
DSR
2
RxD
5
GND
5
GND
3
TxD
4
DTR
7
RTS
Cable Specifications C-3
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