On 2009-04-28, Christopher Intemann <intem...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > thanks for the hint, however, I'm in fact a bit more confused now:-) > Couldn't I use such a thing: > http://cgi.ebay.de/SERIAL-RS232-DB9-9-PIN-FEMALE-TO-RJ45-FEMALE-ADAPTOR_W0QQitemZ390041017767QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Computing_Networking_SM?hash=item390041017767&_trksid=p3286.m63.l1177 > > In addition, I would then only need a RJ45 serial cable. Or an ordinary > telephone cable with 4 wires, right?
depends how you plug the pins in when you get the adapter. if you do it this way, assuming the usual colour code for these, you can just use a normal ethernet cable. 2 black 3 yellow 4 brown 5 red+grn (ground; you /should/ join these together) 6 orange 7 white 8 blue
