B-8 Sun Blade 150 Service Manual • June 2002
B.5 Serial Port Connector
The serial port connector is a DB-9 type connector located on the back panel. The
serial port connector provides asynchronous serial communications.
FIGURE B-6 Serial Port Connector J36 Pin Configuration
There is also a second serial port connector at J13 on the riser card (FIGURE B-7). A
cable adapter is required. You also need to use a PCI card slot to access the serial
port connector on the riser board.
FIGURE B-8 shows how you can access the riser
card serial port through a PCI card slot.
TABLE B-7 Serial Port Connector J36 Pin Assignments
Pin Signal Description
1 CD Carrier detect
2 RD Receive data
3 TD Transmit data
4 DTR Data terminal ready
5 GND Ground
6 DSR Data set ready
7 RTS Request to send
8 CTS Clear to send
9 RI Ring indicator
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9
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