From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 14 02:29:13 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6C7C16A4CE for ; Thu, 14 Oct 2004 02:29:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ran.psg.com (ip192.186.dsl-acs2.seawa0.iinet.com [209.20.186.192]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A70443D2D for ; Thu, 14 Oct 2004 02:29:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from randy@psg.com) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=ran.psg.com.psg.com) by ran.psg.com with esmtp (Exim 4.34 (FreeBSD)) id 1CHvMb-000Ama-K6; Wed, 13 Oct 2004 19:29:09 -0700 From: Randy Bush MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <16749.58484.912537.379555@ran.psg.com> Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 19:29:08 -0700 To: Frank Mayhar References: <16749.52145.110218.317549@ran.psg.com> <200410140048.i9E0mjjM015658@realtime.exit.com> cc: Poul-Henning Kamp cc: FreeBSD Current Subject: Re: NOTICE: /dev/cuaa%d -> /dev/cuad%d renaming X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 02:29:14 -0000 >> i am chasing this. but i am getting confusing information about >> which pin is dcd. on your bog-standard pee cee db9m, which pin >> is dcd? > Pin 1. then phk's initial question was spot on. i need to figure out how to wire up pin 1. it's coming from a cisco 2511 over an rj45 to wirable shells which i currently wire as PC DB9F connector for 2511 RJ45: 2 yellow 3 black 4 orange 5 red 6 brown 7 blue 8 white pins 1 and 9 and the green wire currently unwired. now i have to trace the 2511's forward. cisco docs say DTE Async serial ports, via RJ-45 plug on the octopus cable, 1 CTS to 2511 2 DSR/DCD to 2511 3 Rxd to 2511 4 Rxd/Gnd --- 5 Txd/Gnd --- 6 Txd from 2511 7 DTR from 2511 8 RTS from 2511 mobo docs say shell color 1 CD nc 2 RD yellow 3 TD black 4 DTR orange 5 GND red 6 DSR brown 7 RTS blue 8 CTS white 9 RI nc the piece of paper in the wirable rj to db shell sez 1 blue 2 orange 3 black 4 red 5 green 6 yellow 7 brown 8 white so, as best i can read it, this says cisco cable wires pc db9f/m 2511 color mobo ---------- ------ ------ 1 cts in blue 7 rts 2 dsr/dcd in orange 4 dtr 3 rxd in black 3 txd 4 rxd gnd red 5 gnd 5 txd gnd green nc 6 txd out yellow 2 rxd 7 dtr out brown 6 dsr 8 rts out white 8 cts 1 dcd so, essentially, as there is no modem, and the cisco 2511 does not provide a dcd-out, i get to install a 12vdc battery :-) randy