
8 Connector Definitions
8 Connector Definitions
The VScom Industrial cards provide various connectors for the signals of the serial ports. Either
DB9 male connectors are directly available on the card, or a common connector for all ports is
mounted on the bracket. This way each model only needs one slot to fit in.
The signal assignment for RS 232 on DB9 male connectors is defined by the term “RS 232” already.
However there is no such standard for RS 422 or RS 485 exists. Even a de-facto standard for
industrial connectors is not available. Some manufacturers selected similar assignments, some
invented their own definition.
Below is the signal definition for all connectors used by the VScom Industrial cards. RS 232 signals
are mentioned for completeness. RTS and CTS signals are not given for RS 485 modes, even when
they are available. They are not mentioned because they can not be used anyway, RS 485 usually
connects more than two devices/stations with each other. In Half-Duplex mode (“2-wire”) the
same pair of wires is used to transmit and receive. So these signals change their name to “Data”.
8.1 DB9 male
Usually this type of connector is used by customers. “4w” denotes the Full-Duplex mode, usually
named “4-wire”. Similarly “2w” denotes the Half-Duplex modes.
Pin RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 “4w” RS 485 “2w”
1 DCD Tx− Tx− Data−
2 RxD Tx+ Tx+ Data+
3 TxD Rx+ Rx+
4 DTR Rx− Rx−
5 GND GND GND GND
6 DSR RTS−
7 RTS RTS+
8 CTS CTS+
9 RI CTS−
Table 15: DB9 male Connector
Figure 28: DB9 male Connector
8.2 DB37 female
This common connector is for four serial ports. So each signal name appears four times, it will
have an index like (3) for the third serial port of the card. The serial ports are neither isolated nor
isolated from each other, so GND is common and has no index. Pin 1 is a no-connect pin.
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