| Cisco rtr/fw/switch (DCE) Pin Name |
Cisco rtr/fw/switch (DCE) Pin Number |
Direction | HP SCS (DTE) Pin Number |
HP SCS (DTE) Pin Name |
Description |
| RTS | 1 | -?- | 8 | CTS | 1 and 8 swapped to force high or you can jmp 1-8 |
| DTR | 2 | -?- | 7 | DTR | DTR/DSR appear to be ignored |
| Txd | 3 | -?- | 5 | Txd | |
| gnd | 4 | -?- | 3 | DCD | DCD tied to gnd |
| gnd | 5 | -?- | 6 | gnd | |
| RxD | 6 | -?- | 4 | RxD | |
| DSR | 7 | -?- | 2 | DSR | DTR/DSR appear to be ignored |
| CTS | 8 | -?- | 1 | RTS | 1 and 8 swapped to force high |
This is basically a DCE (Cisco) to DTE (HP SCS) so it's straight through. It appears that modem control signals are ignored, but Cisco suggests tying 1 to 8. HP makes a dongle to do this, but if you can't source one, you can use this cable
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