User guide

Appendix A: Electrical Pin Descriptions
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ThistableshowsthetypicalconnectionsbetweenaPC(orcontrolsystem)andaVoyager‐TX(ISAmodule),
withoutanyhardware‐handshaking
(minimalconnections):

DB9‐M:TypicalPC
Serialport
(DTEpinout)
TypicalConnections
PCtoVoyager‐TX2(ISAmodule)
DB9‐F:VoyagerISA
Serialport
(DCEpinout)
Pin
#
Signal
name
Dir StraightConnections
(noH/Whandshaking)
Dir  Pin
#
1 DCD



DCD 1
2 RX
 
RX 2
3 TX
 
TX 3
4 DTR
 
DTR 4
5 Ground  Ground 5
6 DSR
 
DSR 6
7 RTS
 
RTS 7
8 CTS
 
CTS 8
9 RI
 
RI 9

ThistableshowsthetypicalconnectionsbetweenaPC(orcontrolsystem)andaVoyager‐TX(ISAmodule),
usingfullhardware‐handshaking
:

DB9‐M:TypicalPC
Serialport
(DTEpinout)
TypicalConnections
PCtoVoyager‐TX2(ISAmodule)
DB9‐F:VoyagerISA
Serialport
(DCEpinout)
Pin
#
Signal
name
Dir StraightConnections
(fullH/Whandshaking)
Dir  Pin
#
1 DCD



DCD 1
2 RX
 
RX 2
3 TX
 
TX 3
4 DTR
 
DTR 4
5 Ground  Ground 5
6 DSR
 
DSR 6
7 RTS
 
RTS 7
8 CTS
 
CTS 8
9 RI
 
RI 9

Note:TheISAhardwareiscapablehardwareandsoftware(Xon/Xoff)handshaking.However,thiscapabilityis
notyetenabledbythefirmware.CheckwithMagentaResearchforapplicablefirmwareupdates.
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