B Console Port Signaling and Cabling

This appendix provides the pinouts for the RJ-45-to-RJ-45 rollover cable and RJ-45-to-DB-9 adapter provided with the GigaVUE Traffic Aggregator for connections from the system’s console port to a PC’s COM port.

The figure below shows how to connect the RJ-45-to-RJ-45 rollover cable from the GigaVUE Traffic Aggregator’s console port to a COM port on a PC using the RJ-45-to-DB-9 adapter.

The table below lists the pinouts for the connection illustrated above.

Console Port from RJ45 Jack	RJ-45-to-RJ-45 Rollover Cable		RJ-45-to-DB-9 Terminal Adapter	Console Device on PC
Signal	RJ-45 Pin	RJ-45 Pin	DB-9 Pin	Signal
N/A	1	8	8	N/A
N/A	2	7	6	N/A
TxD	3	6	2	RxD
GND	4	5	5	GND
GND	5	4	5	GND
RxD	6	3	3	TxD
N/A	7	2	4	N/A
N/A	8	1	7	N/A