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          TITLE:  Wiring a Terminal
   DOCUMENT ID#:  FYI-M-1900
           DATE:  29DEC92
        PRODUCT:  DR Multiuser DOS
PRODUCT VERSION:  5.x
     SUPERSEDES:  01APR92

        SYMPTOM:  Trouble wiring a terminal

  ISSUE/PROBLEM:  

The cable needed to connect a dumb terminal or a PC terminal to
the host machine is an RS-232 Null Modem cable.  The possible pin
configurations are as follows:

        25-to-25 pin cable

HOST MACHINE        PC/TERMINAL

Transmit -  2            3  - Receive
Receive  -  3            2  - Transmit
DSR      -  6            20 - DTR
Ground   -  7            7 -  Ground
DTR      - 20            6 -  DSR

        9-to-25 pin cable

HOST MACHINE         PC/TERMINAL

Transmit -  3            3  - Receive
Receive  -  2            2  - Transmit
DSR      -  6            20 - DTR
Ground   -  5            7  - Ground
DTR      -  4            6  - DSR

        25-to-9 pin cable

HOST MACHINE        PC/TERMINAL

Transmit -  2            2  - Receive
Receive  -  3            3  - Transmit
DSR      -  6            4  - DTR
Ground   -  7            5  - Ground
DTR      - 20            6  - DSR

        9-to-9 pin cable

HOST MACHINE        PC/TERMINAL

Transmit -  3            2  - Receive
Receive  -  2            3  - Transmit
DSR      -  6            4  - DTR
Ground   -  5            5  - Ground
DTR      -  4            6  - DSR