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From the NSEPRO:
Serial Port. If you will be using a serial port for a communications
channel, you need to be very careful of the cable that you use. The most
common serial cabling problems are:
* Misconfigured cables (incorrect cable pinouts)
* Mismatched handshaking on either side of the cable
* Cabling too long (signal is degrading)
Check that no other boards are using the same hardware interrupts as your
serial port (usually IRQ 4 for COM1 and IRQ3 for COM2). If you will be
communicating faster than 19.2Kbps, or if you will be using RPRINTER
under Windows, you may need to purchase a special high-speed serial port
(such as one from Hayes) to communicate reliably.
Serial Cabling Pinouts. There are two types of serial port handshaking
that can be used with NetWare: software handshaking and hardware
handshaking. Software handshaking uses control codes (XON and XOFF) in
the data to control the flow of the data through the cable. Hardware
handshaking uses an extra pair of serial port wires (DSR and DTR) to
handle the flow control of data in the cable.
Two types of cabling connectors are usually used with serial cables. The
first type has a DB25 (25 pin) connector on the PC side. The second type
has a DB9 (9 pin) connector on the PC side. Figure 5 gives the ideal
serial cabling pinout configurations.
Figure 5: Serial cabling pinouts.
+---------------+--------------++---------------+--------------+
!Computer (DB25)!Printer (DB25)!!Computer (DB9) !Printer (DB25)!
+---------------+--------------++---------------+--------------+
Using ! 2 ! 3 !! 2 ! 2 !
+---------------+--------------++---------------+--------------+
software ! 3 ! 2 !! 3 ! 3 !
+---------------+--------------++---------------+--------------+
handshaking ! 7 ! 7 !! 5 ! 7 !
+---------------+--------------++---------------+--------------+
(XON/XOFF) ! ! 4-5-6-8 !! ! 4-5-6-8 !
+---------------+--------------++---------------+--------------+
+---------------+--------------++---------------+--------------+
!Computer (DB25)!Printer (DB25)!!Computer (DB9) !Printer (DB25)!
+---------------+--------------++---------------+--------------+
Using ! 2 ! 3 !! 2 ! 2 !
+---------------+--------------++---------------+--------------+
hardware ! 3 ! 2 !! 3 ! 3 !
+---------------+--------------++---------------+--------------+
handshaking ! 5-6 ! 20 !! 6-8 ! 20 !
+---------------+--------------++---------------+--------------+
(DSR/DTR) ! 7 ! 7 !! 5 ! 7 !
+---------------+--------------++---------------+--------------+
! ! 4-5-6-8 !! ! 4-5-6-8 !
+---------------+--------------++---------------+--------------+
It is rare to have the cable you need when you need it. Here are a few
suggestions for when you need to use a store-bought cable whose pinouts
may not exactly match those above, or when you need to make your own
cable:
1. You must have at least one ground pin. Choose pin 7 over pin 1,
since pin 1 is grounded via the system's power cable, and the
printer and PC may get their power's ground from a different source.
2. You must have both CTS and RTS. These are pins 2 and 3 in most
cables. The cable needs to be set up as a null modem cable,
requiring the CTS and RTS pins to be reversed at either end of the
cable.
3. You should only need a ground pin (1 or 7) and CTS/RTS (2 and 3) in
a null modem configuration to give you a XON/XOFF (software
handshaking) cable.
4. A DSR/DTR (hardware handshaking) cable is essentially the same as a
XON/XOFF cable, but also has to have the DSR and DTR pins (usually
pins 6 and 20 on a DB25). These signals must be crossed in a null
modem configuration.
5. Novell's PSERVER and RPRINTER query the line status of pin 5, and
DOS often queries pin 6. To pull these cabling pins electrical
signals high, we highly recommend you tie together pins 4-5-6-8 at
the printer end (not at the PC end). If you don't, you may find the
printer mysteriously going off-line on the PSERVER console.
6. If a store-bought cable has additional cabling pins, find out what
they are connected to using an ohm-meter or similar device. If none
of the additional pins are using the pins mentioned above (ground,
CTS, RTS, DSR, and DTR), there is a good chance it may work. Often,
testing is the only sure way to know.