Re: [Gumstix-users] Serial or Serial null

[Bhaskar M. <bha...@gm...>]

Hi Devraj,
        the serial null modem cable is needed as Dave has said. the
first table of connection on the wiki page

http://www.gumstix.org/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php?page=3Dserial+cable

Bhaskar.

On 4/13/05, Dave Hylands <dhy...@gm...> wrote:
> Hi Devraj,
>=20
> On 4/13/05, Devraj Mukherjee <lu...@et...> wrote:
> > I have asked this question here before and got mixed feedback. They
> > question is to get the output from the serial port on the Gumstix does
> > one require a Serial cable or a Serial null-modem cable?
>=20
> In the world of serial cables, there are two types of devices, DTE and
> DCE. Typically, the only thing that's a DCE device is a modem.
>=20
> The gumstix is a DTE device. The PC is a DTE device. Connecting a DTE
> device to another DTE device requires the use of a null-modem.
>=20
> Connecting a DTE device to a DEC device uses a straight through cable.
>=20
> --
> Dave Hylands
> Vancouver, BC, Canada
> http://www.DaveHylands.com/
>=20
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