Last modified: Mon 25 Jan 2010
This is a collection of pinouts that I've gathered over the years and umpteen hours of buzzing out cables.
. RS-232 connection table
Source Destination Signal Colour ------ ----------- ------ ----- TXD RXD TXD Orange RXD TXD RXD Black RTS CTS RTS Red CTS RTS CTS Green GND GND GND Brown DCD DTR DCD Blue DTR DCD DTR White
------------------- \ 5 4 3 2 1 / \ 9 8 7 6 / --------------- Pin | Name | Description -------------------------------- Orange 2 | TD | Transmit Data Black 3 | RD | Receive Data Red 4 | RTS | Request To Send Green 5 | CTS | Clear To Send Brown 7 | SG | Signal Ground White 8 | DCD | Data Carrier Detect Blue 9 | DTR | Data Terminal Ready
------------------- \ 1 2 3 4 5 / \ 6 7 8 9 / --------------- Pin | Name | Description -------------------------------- Blue 1 | DCD | Data Carrier Detect Black 2 | RD | Receive Data Orange3 | TD | Transmit Data White 4 | DTR | Data Terminal Ready Brown 5 | GND | Signal Ground Red 7 | RTS | Request To Send Green 8 | CTS | Clear To Send
--------- / 8 7 6 \ ( 5 4 3 ) \ 2 1 / --------- Pin | Name | Description ----------------------------------------- 1 | DTR | Data Terminal Ready 2 | CTS | Clear To Send 3 | TD | Transmit Data 4 | SG | Signal Ground 5 | RD | Receive Data 6 | RTS | Request To Send 7 | DCD | Data Carrier Detect 8 | SG | Signal GroundSince there is no such thing as a RJ-MiniDIN-8 adaptor, an SGI P/N X5-9to8 pigtail is used to give a female DB9 on systems with Mini-DIN-8 connectors.
------ / 5 3 \ | --- 1 | | --- 2 | \ 6 4 / ------ Pin Assignments ___________________ Pin_|_Description__ 1 | Data 2 | Reserved 3 | Signal Ground 4 | Power +5V 5 | Clock 6 | Reserved
------ / 5 3 \ | --- 1 | | --- 2 | \ 6 4 / ------ Pin Assignments ___________________ Pin_|_Description__ 1 | KRCD Keyboard Receive 2 | MRCD Mouse Receive 3 | GND Ground 4 | Power +8V 5 | KTXD Keyboard Transmit 6 | Power -8v
DB15 Male DIN 6 Signal/Signal --------- ----- ------------- 2 3 Gnd/Gnd 4 1 K_TXD/K_RXD 5 5 K_RXD/K_TXD 9 4 +12/+8 10 2 M_TXD/M_RXD 15 6 ???/???
DB15 Male DB-9 Signal/Signal --------- ----- ------------- 1 - Ground 2 6 Ground 3 9 Ground 4 2 K_TXD/K_RXD 5 8 K_RXD/K_TXD 7 7 +12 8 - +12 9 - +12 10 5 M_TXD/M_RXD 15 4 -12
This is a "Y" cable; two mini-din6 connectors are wired to one RJ45 plug. A pair of adaptors is needed, one mini-din6 female set, and one mini-din6 male set. Custom made by Anixter 408/435-1212
Mini-Din6 #1 RJ45 plug (male or female) ------------ --------- 5 1 4 2 3 3 1 4 Mini-Din6 #2 ------------- 5 5 4 6 3 7 1 8
o2 (female) Dial Box (female) --------- ---------- 1 (DCD) ---------->8 (DCD) 2 (RD) ---------->3 (RD) 3 (TD) ---------->2 (TD) 5 (SG) ---------->7 (GND) 7 (RTS) ---------->4 (RTS) 8 (CTS) ---------->5 (CTS)
idc 8x2 db9 2 (td) 3 rd 10 (rd) 2 td 13 (gd) 7 gnd
PBX # Signal ----- ------ 1 DTR 2 GND 3 N/C 26 TXD 27 RXD 28 CTS ------------------------ /26 27 28 29 30 .... 50 \ / 1 2 3 4 5 .... 25 \======= ----------------------------======= Groupings of colours, suitable for punching down to an RJ45 8pin crossconnect panel: 1. 2. 3. 4. W / Bl W / Br R / O R / Gy Bl / W Br / W O / R Gy / R ---- ------ ---- ------ G / W Bl / R Br / R O / K W / O W / Gy R / Gr K / Bl O / W Gy / W Gr / R Bl / K W / G R / Bl R / Br K / O ----- ------ ----- ------ 5. 6. 7. 8. K / Gr Y / Bl Y / Br P / O Gr / K Bl / Y Br / Y O / P ---- ------ ---- ------ Gy / K Gr / Y Bl / P Br / P K / Br Y / O Y / Gy P / Gr Br / K O / Y Gy / Y Gr / P K / Gy Y / Gr P / Bl P / Br ----- ------ ----- ------Modular adapters (Ortronics' P/N OR-8120M25-8/6) are used to adapt the 50pin PBX connector to eight (8) six pin RJ45 plugs. Each 6 pin RJ45 plug has the following pinout:
RJ45 PBX # Signal ----- ----- ------ 1 28 CTS 2 27 RXD 3 1 DTR 4 26 TXD 5 2 GND 6 3 N/CConnecting a 6 conductor straight through RJ45 data cable from this plug to a standard RJ45 to DB-style connector (see above) yields the following colour / signal table. THIS IS THE IMPORTANT TABLE!
RJ45 # DB Colour Signal ------ ----- ------ 1 Blue USED FOR 8 PIN CONNECTIONS ONLY 2 Orange CTS 3 Black RXD 4 Red DTR 5 Green TXD 6 Yellow GND 7 Brown N/C 8 White USED FOR 8 PIN CONNECTION ONLY
The console connection for an Annex 2 is on port 1. Use one of the below connectors to hook it up to the desired gadget.
DB Pin RJ colour -------- ------- 2 TXD Black 3 RXD Green 5 CTS Red 7 SG Yellow 9 DTR Brown
UNKNOWN
Annex RJ45-6pin: Standard Data cable crimp (see above) Cisco RJ45-8pin: 3 G 5 Y 6 K clip all other wires
DB Pin RJ Colour ------ -------- 2 Green 3 Black 7 Yellow
(standard pinout) RJ End 1 RJ End 2 -------- -------- 1 Blue 1 White 2 Yellow 2 Green 3 Green 3 Black 4 Red 4 Red 5 Black 5 Yellow 6 White 6 Blue
DB Pin RJ Colour ------ -------- 2 Black 3 Green 7 Yellow
DB Pin RJ Colour ------ -------- 2 Black 3 Green 7 Yellow 4,5,8 tie together
DB Pin RJ Colour ------ -------- 2 Black 3 Green 5 Yellow 7 Brown 8 Red
DB Pin RJ Colour ------ -------- 2 Green 3 Black 5 Yellow
(rj45 jack metal-side up) rj45 colour 2 w/r (gnd) 3 w/k (rd) 5 k/w (td)
PBX # Signal ----- ------ 1 DCD 2 GND 3 DSR 4 RTS 26 RXD 27 TXD 28 DTR 29 CTS ------------------------ /26 27 28 29 30 .... 50 \ / 1 2 3 4 5 .... 25 \======= ----------------------------=======Modular adapters (Ortronics' P/N OR-???????????) are used to adapt the 50pin PBX connector to six (6) eight pin RJ45 plugs. Each 8 pin RJ45 plug has the following pinout:
RJ45 DB Colour PBX # Signal ----- -------- ----- ------ 1 Blue 27 TXD 2 Orange 2 GND 3 Black 28 DTR 4 Red 1 DCD 5 Green 26 RXD 6 Yellow 3 DSR 7 Brown 29 CTS 8 White 4 RTS
The console connection on an Annex 3 is on a seperate RJ45 plug on the back of the system. Use a standard RJ45-DB25 adaptor with the following pinout to connect it to a terminal:
RJ45 # DB Colour Signal ------ ----- ------ 2 Green 3 Black 4 White 5 Blue 6 connect to pin 9 7 Orange 8 Yellow 20 Red
DB Pin RJ colour -------- ------- 1 White 2 Green 3 Blue 6 Brown 7 Orange
DB Pin RJ colour -------- ------- 2 Blue 3 Green 5 Orange
(standard pinout) RJ End 1 RJ End 2 -------- -------- 1 Blue 1 Black 2 Orange 2 Red 3 Black 3 Blue 4 Red 4 Orange 5 Green 5 Yellow 6 Yellow 6 Green 7 Brown 7 Brown 8 White 8 White
DB Pin RJ Colour -------- -------- 2 Blue 3 Green 7 Orange
RJ Pin Signal DB/RJ Colour ------ ------ ----------- 1 RTS Blue 2 DTR Orange 3 TXD Black 4 DCD Red 5 RXD Green 6 GND Yellow 7 DSR Brown 8 CTS WhiteNote that some ports on MicroAnnexen may not support full modem control. These ports are missing RTS, DCD, and DSR.
DB Pin DB Signal RJ colour ------ --------- ------- 2 TD Green 3 RD Black 7 GND YellowShort 4,5,8 together if you need to spoof flow control. Challenge System Controller Ports need this.
DB Pin RJ colour -------- ------- 2 Black 3 Green 7 Yellow 4,5,8 tie together
DB Pin RJ colour -------- ------- 2 Green 3 Black 7 Yellow
DB Pin RJ colour -------- ------- 2 Black 3 Green 7 Yellow
Cisco RJ45-8pin: Standard Data cable crimp (see above) Annex RJ45-8pin: 3 Yellow or Gr/Wh 5 Black or Wh/Gr 6 Red or Bl/Wh 1-2,4,7-8 can be connected as usual with no harm. The ends are sensitive; you *must* plug the Cisco end into the Cisco, and the Annex end into the Annex.
SGI "Etherlite" terminal servers are remarketed products from Central Data Systems. They are 8, 16, or 32 port ethernet based serial ports, connected "directly" to the SGI host system via a kernel driver and some system daemons -- they give normal looking devices as /dev/tty[mdf][\d][\d+]. You need the 'el_serial' inst package installed to use these servers. Good additional information on the drivers is at
.---. +--------------------------+ _| |_ | pin | signal | direction | | | |--------------------------| .-----~ ~-----. | 1 | RTS | out | | | | 2 | DSR | in | | | | 3 | DCD | in | | | | 4 | RxD | in | | | | 5 | TxD | out | | | | 6 | GND | n/a | | | | 7 | DTR | out | +__|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|__+ | 8 | CTS | in | 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 +--------------------------+ RJ45 shown above DB9 on Origin: 1 | RTS Blue 7 2 | DSR Orange N/A 3 | DCD Black 1 4 | RxD Red 3 5 | TxD Green 2 6 | GND Yellow 5 7 | DTR Brown 4 8 | CTS White 8 RJ45 shown above DB9 on Challenge 1 | RTS Blue 4 2 | DSR Orange N/A 3 | DCD Black 8 4 | RxD Red 2 5 | TxD Green 3 6 | GND Yellow 7 7 | DTR Brown 9 8 | CTS White 5
Using straight-through 8-pin RJ45 cables and the various pinouts listed in this section, it is possible to mix-and-match the connectors to what is needed. Connect two "modem" adaptors (one DB25 Male for the modem, one DB9 Male for the SGI) for a modem cable, or exchange one "modem" adaptor for a "null" adaptor to create a null modem cable to connect a terminal to an SGI, or two SGI systems back-to-back. Since there is no such thing as a RJ-MiniDIN-8 adaptor, an SGI P/N X5-9to8 pigtail is used to give a female DB9 on systems with Mini-DIN-8 connectors.
Male Female Male DB25 Pin RJ Colour DB9 Pin DB9 Pin RJ Colour -------- -------- ------- ------- -------- 2 Orange 1 Blue 1 N/C Yellow 3 Black 2 Black 2 TD Orange 4 Red 3 Orange 3 RD Black 5 Green 4 White 4 RTS Red 6 Yellow 5 Brown 5 CTS Green 7 Brown 6 Yellow 7 SG Brown 8 White 7 Red 8 DCD White 20 Blue 8 Green 9 DTR Blue
Male Female Male DB25 Pin RJ Colour DB9 Pin DB9 Pin RJ Colour -------- -------- ------- ------- -------- 2 Black 1 White 1 Yellow 3 Orange 2 Orange 2 Black 4 Green 3 Black 3 Orange 5 Red 4 Blue 4 Green 6 Yellow 5 Brown 5 Red 7 Brown 6 Yellow 7 Brown 8 Blue 7 Green 8 Blue 20 White 8 Red 9 White
Male DB9 Pin RJ Colour -------- -------- 2 Black 3 Orange 5 Brown
DB25 RJ45 ---- ---- 1 5 2 3 3 6 4 1 5 8 6 7 7 4 20 2
Signal Pin Pin Signal ----- --- --- ------ TX + 1 3 RX + TX - 2 6 RX - RX + 3 1 TX + N/C 4 4 N/C N/C 5 5 N/C RX - 6 2 TX - br 7 7 br Another way, counting with tab side down, teeth side up: 1 Gr -> O 2 W/Gr -> O/W 3 O -> G 6 O/W -> Gr/W 7 Br -> Br or, more like: 1 Bl -> K 2 O -> Y 3 K -> Bl 6 Y -> O
Pins Signal ------ -------- 2 -> 3 td->rd 3 -> 2 rd->td 4 -> 6 rts->dsr 6 -> 4 dsr->rts 6 -> 20 dsr->dtr 7 -> 7 sg->sg 20 -> 6 dtr->dsr
RJ DB15 ------ ----- Green 2 Yellow 7 Blue 8 Red 9 Black 10 Orange 15------------------- ----
citoh connectors (fem db25) 2 o 3 k 7 br ----
![]() | +3.3v 1 11 +3.3v and +3.3v Sense +3.3v 2 12 -12v GND 3 13 GND +5v 4 14 PWR_ON GND 5 15 GND +5v 6 16 GND GND 7 17 GND PW_OK 8 18 -5v +5v standby 9 19 +5v +12v 10 20 +5v |
| PW_OK 1 +5v 2 +12v 3 -12v 4 GND 5 GND 6 GND 1 GND 2 -5v 3 +5v 4 +5v 5 +5v 6 |
uAnnex Lynxswitch ---------------------- 3 TXD 5 RXD 5 RXD 3 TXD 6 GND 6 GND LynxSwitch Command Syntax Command Port Response Acknowledgment ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ^XP^Y N/A No ports affected ^HG^Y ^XC0^Y 0 Power off port 0 from port A, ^RC0 Power off port 4 from port B ^XC9^Y 0 Power off port 0 for 9 sec. - port A ^RC0 Power off port 4 for 9 sec. - port B ^XC00^Y 0 Power off port 0 ^RC0 ^XC01^Y 1 Power off port 1 ^RC0 ^XC02^Y 0 Power off port 2 ^RC0 ^XC03^Y 0 Power off port 3 ^RC0 ^XC04^Y 0 Power off port 4 ^RC0 ^XC50^Y 0 Power off port 0 for 5 seconds ^RC0 ^XC51^Y 0 Power off port 1 for 5 seconds ^RC0 ^XC52^Y 0 Power off port 2 for 5 seconds ^RC0 ^XC93^Y 0 Power off port 3 for 9 seconds ^RC0 ^XC94^Y 0 Power off port 4 for 9 seconds ^RC0 Power Cycle Commands: ^XC [delay in seconds (1 digit only)] [port number 0-4 (optional)] ^Y
Roland 13 Pin Din GKpickup to GRsynth
DIN-13 PINOUT Pin 1 = String 1 Pin 2 = String 2 Pin 3 = String 3 Pin 4 = String 4 Pin 5 = String 5 Pin 6 = String 6 Pin 7 = mono guitar signal Pin 8 = synth volume Pin 9 = no connection Pin 10 = switch 1 Pin 11 = switch 2 Pin 12 = +7VDC power Pin 13 = -7VDC power Sleeve = Ground
FRONT VIEW OF JACK (FEMALE CONECTOR) 4 3 2 1 8 7 6 5 12 11 10 9 13 The shell (sleeve) connection is Ground.
The original Roland guitar synths used an extremely proprietary connector for the cable.
And here's the pinout and colour codes for the C24-D cable:
C24-D pin | Signal | Wire colour | GK-2a pin | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | +15V | brown & stripe | 12 (+7V) | ||
2 | -15V | brown | 13 (-7V) | ||
3 | GND | orange | |||
4 | GND | red & stripe | |||
5 | GND | red | |||
6 | GND | yellow & stripe | |||
7 | n.c. | yellow | 9 | ||
8 | M. VOL | orange & stripe | |||
9 | S. VOL | dark green & stripe | 8 | ||
10 | G. VOL | dark green | |||
11 | CV1 | dark blue & stripe | |||
12 | CV2 | dark blue | |||
13 | CV3 | gray | |||
14 | CV4 | purple & stripe | |||
15 | SW1 | purple | 10 | ||
16 | SW2 | pink & stripe | 11 | ||
17 | n.u. (grounded) | pink | |||
18 | G. SIG | gray & stripe | 7 | ||
19 | #1 | light green | 1 | ||
20 | #2 | black & stripe | 2 | ||
21 | #3 | black | 3 | ||
22 | #4 | light blue & stripe | 4 | ||
23 | #5 | light blue | 5 | ||
24 | #6 | light green & stripe |
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MIDI
Interface Bus; [Musical Instrument Digital Interface]: defines the
electrical and physical interface over a 5-pin
MIDI also defines the protocol used over the interface.
The MIDI interface uses three different pinouts which are all defined on a 5-pin
DIN connector; MIDI In, MIDI Out, and MIDI Thru.
5 pin male connector
Pin No. | IN Signal Name | THRU Signal Name | Out Signal Name |
---|---|---|---|
1 | No Connect | No Connect | No Connect |
2 | No Connect | Shield | Shield |
3 | No Connect | No Connect | No Connect |
4 | IN+ | +5v | +5v |
5 | IN- | IN | IN |