[time-nuts] Lucent KS-24361 RS-422 interface pinout
Bob Camp
kb8tq at n1k.org
Mon Dec 1 21:10:38 EST 2014
Hi
If you dig back a month or so, there is a post with all the pinouts on all the connectors.
4 RX+
8 RX-
5 TX+
6 TX-
3 and 7 ground
It’s serial so TX on one goes to RX on the other. + goes to + and - to -. The pins are numbered on the connector in *very* small print.
Bob
> On Dec 1, 2014, at 8:59 PM, Graham <planophore at aei.ca> wrote:
>
> I got my pair of REF-0 and REF-1 to lock, REF-1 is now in STBY and the REF-0 is on. Thanks to Bob suggesting I wiggle and/or re seat the interface cable.
>
> However, I have not been able to "peek" inside using the DIAG port. Rather than try the hack suggested by Stu I bought a USB to RS-422 interface cable, a Startech ICUSB422. It has a DB-9P which plugs directly into the DIAG connector BUT on comparing it's pinout to the "hack cable" suggested by Stu, it seems that they really don't line up correctly.
>
> This is Stu's suggested "hack cable" from his very informative earlier post
>
> RFTG PC
>
> DE-9P DE-9S
>
> 7 <---GND---> 5
> 8 <--------- 3 TXD
> 9 ---------> 2 RXD
>
> The ICUSB422 pinout is as follows (arrows point in direction of data flow)
>
> ICUSB J8 - Diagnostic
> 1 TXD- --------> 8 (based on Stu's diagram and description)
> 2 TXD+ --------> ??
> 3 RXD+ <-------- ??
> 4 RXD- <-------- 9 (based on Stu's diagram and description)
> 5 GND --------- 7 (based on Stu's diagram and description)
> 6 NC
> 7 NC
> 8 NC
> 9 NC
>
> But what pins to TXD+ and RXD+ connect to? After much searching and looking at a bewildering number of variations of pinouts, I am still confused on where these two go. A Wild Ass Guess (WAG) is that 2 TXD+ --> 4 and 4 RXD- <-- 5 but I am really uncertain and that is just based on one of the pinouts I found in my searchs.
>
> I thought I would be lucky and would just be able to plug and play with the ICUSB422 directly to the J8 Diagnostic port but it isn't so; I will need to make up an additional adapter to get the right pins going to the right pins.
>
> I am hoping someone on the list knows for certain. Failing that I will have to poke at it with a scope or DVM tomorrow and to see if I can make sense of it.
>
> cheers, Graham ve3gtc
>
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