Wiring a 25 Pin CNC RS232 to 9 Pin PC Host

Null Modem Cable

RS232 Serial Communications Cable
MALE cable plug

mates with CNC

DB25 Pin
Male Connector

  FEMALE cable plug

mates with PC

DB9 pin
Female Connector

DB25 pin signal DB9 pin signal
2 TX   »   2 RX
3 RX   «   3 TX
7 GND   -   5 GND
4 RTS jumpered   jumpered 1 DTR
5 CTS 4 DCD
6 DSR jumpered 6 DSR
8 DCD 8 CTS
20 DTR

Note:

  1. Only 3 RS232 wires are needed in the cable - recommend 24AWG shielded cable.
  2. The jumpered pins 1,4,6,8 on PC, and 4,5 and 6,8,20 on CNC are shorted together inside their respective connector shells.
  3. Set CNC and PC to use XON/XOFF protocol NOT hardware handshaking.

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