RS-232 Ports (Printer and Maintenance)
The two RS-232 ports require male DB-9 connectors. The following table lists the pin signals.
Copper Interface (embedded and MMC) Ports
The CIM ports require 8-pin modular jacks (RJ-45) consisting of 2 balanced signal pairs on a
CAT5 Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) crossover cable. The pairs are arranged: 1,2: 3,6; 4,5; 7,8.
Ethernet ports
The Ethernet ports are IEEE 802.3 Ethernet interfaces supporting 10BaseT and 100BaseT (AX
controller) (full and half-duplex) and, for the CX, MXe and MXe Server, 10BaseT, 100BaseT,
and 1000BaseT. The connection requires a CAT5 cable with an RJ-45 connector.
Table 2: RS-232 Asynchronous Serial Port Pin Allocation
Pin Number Signal Name Abbreviation
1 Data Carrier Detect DCD
2 Receive Data RXD
3Transmit DataTXD
4 Data Terminal Ready DTR
5 Ground GND
6 Data Set Ready DSR
7 Request to Send RTS
8 Clear to Send CTS
9n/a n/c
Note: CX/CXi and MXe Server do not support copper interface modules (CIMs).
Table 3: CIM Connector Pin Allocations
Pin Number Signal Pin Number Signal
1RX+5 –
2 RX- 6 TX-
3TX+7 –
4 – 8 –
Table 4: 10/100 Ethernet Port Pin Allocation (all controllers)
Pin Number Signal Pin Number Signal
1RX+5 –
2 RX - 6 TX -
3TX+7 –
4 – 8 –