Specifications

Port Pinout Assignments
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Serial Ports
The OCTANE workstation serial ports can operate in one of several modes:
• RS-232 electrical levels with a standard PC pinout.
• Macintosh style electrical levels and a Macintosh-compatible pinout. (This mode
requires an additional adapter cable. See “Serial Port Adapter Cables” on page 307.)
• ANSI/SMPTE 207M electrical levels and pinout. (This mode requires an additional
adapter cable. See “Serial Port Adapter Cables” on page 307.)
This the PC-compatible pinout. The range of supported baud rates is 300 baud to
460K baud.
Table C-8 shows cable pinout assignments for the serial ports.
Table C-8 Serial Port Pinout - PC-Compatible
Pin Assignment Description
1 DCD Data Carrier Detect
2 RD Receive Data
3 TD Transmit Data
4 DTR Data Terminal Ready
5 SG Signal Ground
6 DSR Data Set Ready
7 RTS Request to Send
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