Hi

If you dig back a month or so, there is a post with all the pinouts on all the 
connectors.

4       RX+
8       RX-

5       TX+
6       TX-

3 and 7         ground

It’s serial so TX on one goes to RX on the other. + goes to + and - to -.  The 
pins are numbered on the connector in *very* small print. 

Bob



> On Dec 1, 2014, at 8:59 PM, Graham <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I got my pair of REF-0 and REF-1 to lock, REF-1 is now in STBY and the REF-0 
> is on. Thanks to Bob suggesting I wiggle and/or re seat the interface cable.
> 
> However, I have not been able to "peek" inside using the DIAG port. Rather 
> than try the hack suggested by Stu I bought a USB to RS-422 interface cable, 
> a Startech ICUSB422. It has a DB-9P which plugs directly into the DIAG 
> connector BUT on comparing it's pinout to the "hack cable" suggested by Stu, 
> it seems that they really don't line up correctly.
> 
> This is Stu's suggested "hack cable" from his very informative earlier post
> 
> RFTG          PC
> 
> DE-9P         DE-9S
> 
> 7 <---GND---> 5
> 8 <---------  3 TXD
> 9  ---------> 2 RXD
> 
> The ICUSB422 pinout is as follows (arrows point in direction of data flow)
> 
> ICUSB             J8 - Diagnostic
> 1 TXD- -------->  8 (based on Stu's diagram and description)
> 2 TXD+ -------->  ??
> 3 RXD+ <--------  ??
> 4 RXD- <--------  9 (based on Stu's diagram and description)
> 5 GND  ---------  7 (based on Stu's diagram and description)
> 6 NC
> 7 NC
> 8 NC
> 9 NC
> 
> But what pins to TXD+ and RXD+ connect to? After much searching and looking 
> at a bewildering number of variations of pinouts, I am still confused on 
> where these two go. A Wild Ass Guess (WAG) is that 2 TXD+ --> 4  and 4 RXD- 
> <-- 5 but I am really uncertain and that is just based on one of the pinouts 
> I found in my searchs.
> 
> I thought I would be lucky and would just be able to plug and play with the 
> ICUSB422 directly to the J8 Diagnostic port but it isn't so; I will need to 
> make up an additional adapter to get the right pins going to the right pins.
> 
> I am hoping someone on the list knows for certain. Failing that I will have 
> to poke at it with a scope or DVM tomorrow and to see if I can make sense of 
> it.
> 
> cheers, Graham ve3gtc
> 
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