Re: Serial over CAT5

[Grimshaw Stuart <stuart.grimshaw@xxxxxxx>]

One way to find out would be to terminate a small length of cat5 with a
rj45 plug and leave the other end, then you could plug this new cable
into the adaptor and probe it with a multimeter to find which pin goes
to which...

Stuart Grimshaw,
System Administrator,
Community, Leisure & Cultural Services Dept.
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council.

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f:01254 660236

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>Subject:	[ukha_d] Serial over CAT5
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>Hi,
>
>I've got a couple of 9-pin serial to CAT5 adapters (unfortunately
sealed
>units) and was wondering if anyone knew which wires are used from the
CAT5
>end. I assume that it's not all of them so could I pass the audio
signal
>from the line out on my sound card down it too? From my knowledge of
>serial comms were usually talking pins 2,3,7 (on a 25 way) what about a
>9-pin?
>
>One other thing... can I pass 5 volts down CAT5 safely... would the
>voltage at the other end of say 100m length of CAT 5 drop
significantly?
>
>Many thanks
>
>Andy
>
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><br><font size=2
face="sans-serif">Hi,</font>
><br>
><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I've got a
couple of 9-pin serial to CAT5
>adapters (unfortunately sealed units) and was wondering if anyone knew
which
>wires are used from the CAT5 end. I assume that it's not all of them so
could
>I pass the audio signal from the line out on my sound card down it too?
From
>my knowledge of serial comms were usually talking pins 2,3,7 (on a 25
way)
>what about a 9-pin?</font>
><br>
><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">One other
thing... can I pass 5 volts down
>CAT5 safely... would the voltage at the other end of say 100m length of
CAT 5
>drop significantly?</font>
><br>
><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Many
thanks</font>
><br>
><br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Andy<br>
><br>
><br>
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