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Serial Interfaces
The tester has a USB client interface and an EIA/TIA-232
(RS-232; DB9) interface for uploading test results to a PC
and updating the tester’s software.
The RS-232 serial port connects to a PC with a null-modem
cable. Tables 5 and 6 and show the pin connections for
the cable and the 9-to-25-pin adapter available from
Fluke Networks.
Table 5. RS-232 Interface Cable Connections
Tester End (female DB9)
PC End (female DB9)
Signal Name
Pin
Direction
Pin Signal
Name
Data carrier detect
1
←
4
Data terminal ready
Receive data
2
←
3 Transmit
data
Transmit data
3
→
2 Receive
data
Data terminal ready
4
→
1 Data
carrier
detect
Signal ground
5
←→
5 Signal
ground
Not connected
6
6 Not
connected
Request to send
7
→
8
Clear to send
Clear to send
8
←
7
Request to send
Not connected
9
9 Not
connected