Comtrol Cable - Manual (Page 10)

10 [Documentation number: 2000430 Rev B] Building Cables for RocketPort Products
DB9 Pinouts
The following figures and tables illustrate the signals present on DB9 connectors.
Pinouts for Standard DB9 Connector
Pin RS-232 Mode RS-422 DTE Mode RS-422 DCE Mode
1 DCD Not used Not used
2 RxD TxD- RxD-
3 TxD RxD+ TxD+
4 DTR Not used Not used
5 GND Not used Not used
6 DSR Not used Not used
7 RTS TxD+ RxD+
8 CTS RxD- TxD-
9 RI/Not Used a
a. RI is only supported on the RocketPort Universal PCI and RocketPort Plus
Universal PCI. This pin is not used by the other RocketPort models.
Frame Ground
Frame Ground/Not
Used
b
b. Frame Ground is only supported on the RocketPort PCI 422 and RocketPort
Plus Universal PCI 422. This pin is not used by the other RocketPort models.
Pinouts for SMPTE 207M DB9 Female Connector
Pin RS-422 DTE Mode RS-422 DCE Mode
1 Frame Ground Frame Ground
2 TxD- RxD-
3 RxD+ TxD+
4 Not used Not used
5 Not used Not used
6 Not used Not used
7 TxD+ RxD+
8 RxD- RxD-
9 Frame Ground Frame Ground
Pin 1 Pin 5
Pin 6 Pin 9
DB9 Male for Quad/Octa
Pin 1 Pin 5
Pin 6 Pin 9
DB9 Female
Pin 1 Pin 5
Pin 6 Pin 9
DB9 Female for SMPTE