> When you say "PS2 female", do you really mean a mini-DIN 6 female? 
> 
> If you prefer - they are the same thing - 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PS/2_port

They aren't really the same thing.  The mini-DIN 6 is a connector, a PS/2 port 
is a specification for 2 1200bps open collector serial leads, +5V, and ground, 
using that particular connector.  If you are in fact using the PS/2 pinout and 
signal levels, types, modulation, and encoding, then either is correct.  But I 
was unclear on whether this is true.

It's like saying a 555 plugs into a TL072 socket.  They're both DIP-8, but if 
you were to plug a 555 into a DIP-8 socket wired to accept a TL072, it wouldn't 
work as intended.

> The Haicom HA-204III manual refers to the interface as both a PS/2 and a 6 
> pin mini-DIN.

A look at the product page (I don't have that manual) makes it look as if it 
isn't using PS/2 signalling, so the manual is using the term incorrectly as 
well.  Granted, it's a common error (like referring to a chAMP-50 as a 
"Centronics" connector, or a UTP Ethernet connector as "RJ-45"), but it's a 
peeve of mine.  I notice that Haicom also refers to a DE-9 connector as a 
"DB-9".

- John

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