American Magnetics 4Q06125PS-430 Integrated Power Supply System - Manual (Page 172)

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Appendix
Abbreviations and Acronyms
A.9 Abbreviations and Acronyms used in this Manual
8 CTS Clear to Send
9 RI Ring Indicator
Table A-8. PC (DB9)-to-Model 430 RS-232 Cable Connections
PC (DTE)
DB9 Pin
Model 430 (DTE)
DB9 Pin
1, 6 4
2 3
3 2
4 6, 1
5 5
7 8
8 7
Table A-9. Abbreviations and Acronyms
Term Meaning
AC; ac
Alternating Current; strictly, electrical current that periodically reverses
direction. Typically used also to describe an electrical power source in
terms of the
voltage . For example, 240 Vac.
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange; numerical
representation of characters such as 'a' or '@' or an action (such as
line-feed); 'plain' raw text with no formatting such as tabs, bold or
underscoring
CR Text Carriage-Return character
CT Current Transducer
CTS DTE clear-to-send signal
DB9
Type of electrical connector containing 9 pins arranged in two parallel
rows of 4 pins and 5 pins each)
DB15
Type of electrical connector containing 15 pins arranged in two parallel
rows of 7 pins and 8 pins each
Table A-7. RS-232 Connector Pin Definitions (Continued)
Pin Mnemonic Function