Posted: 1/30/2015 12:01:11 AM EDT
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I remember the days when you had a DB9 cable and it could be a serial, null modem or straight through.
I have a few pieces of gear that use a DB9 RS232 connector for comms. you would think it would be easy to find a serial cable these days, particularly in the thrift and used computer stores but nope. Found a APC UPS controller cable and some other cable I can't figure out what it is..I've hit teh googles with no luck. DB9(F) > DB9(M) 1 - 2 2 - 3 3 - 4 4 - 5 5 - 1 6 - 2 7 - 7 8 - 8 9 - n/c Shield - Shield I guess we're blessed these days when our biggest concern is which connector is on our USB cable... 
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http://www.monoprice.com/Search/Index?keyword=serial+cable
I think I tossed a box full of old DB9 cables last year when cleaning out, or I would have just mailed you one. |
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Reminds me of the guy at work that was buying IDE cables at $40 each Could've been worse. Could've spent $500 on an ethernet cable LINK I read the source story several years ago. A reviewer received some high end AV equipment from Denon to review, but their proprietary HDMI cable (based off an RJ-045 plug) was too short. He called Denon, and they told him the longer cable cost $500. He had a buddy check which pins it used, and it turned out to be a standard 568a or b wiring scheme. He used a longer $1 patch cable and it worked fine. |
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Check an electronics supply shop (not Radio Shack/Best Buy/etc) if you're looking for a serial cable…most usually stock a ton of them. Local store to me has bins of them new…lots of people buy them. nearest one is in Boulder, which is about an hour away. I like the store, JB Saunders, but its 2 hours drive (round trip)... the store does have a great assortment of everything I used one cable, cut off one end and soldered a new connector on in the proper configuration. If the device in question didn't have a special rs232 interface (you can daisy change multiple devices together), a regular cable and/ or a usb adapter would work. |
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That is a special APC console cable for accessing the terminal in the UPS. figures. I looked at a lot of different cable configurations, some even listed as APC (and I have a couple as well), but that wasn't one of 'em. oh well. thanks for letting me know! |