Specifications

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2002, David K. Z. Harris
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David K. Z. Harris
Signal Tracer Demo
Ø Passive signal tracers don’t need
batteries.
Ø No Break-Out boxes.
The image above is an ‘animated GIF…so you’ll need to look at the Minor
Scroll of Console Knowledge
(http://www.conserver.com/consoles/msock.html) to see the image in action. It
demonstrates how you test the signals on the host, and then the adapter on the
cable. If the signals are identical (both are DTE or both are DCE), then the
connection won’t work, so you change the adapter on the cable to be the
“other” type, check to confirm that the signals are now opposite, and you are
ready to connect the cables, and start checking whether you are ready to send
data over the connection.