Perle Systems SCS8C DC User Manual

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Serial Pinouts

This section defines the pinouts for the RJ45 connection for the Dual Ethernet (SDSxxC models) and 
Electric Utility models. The serial ports can be set to operate in EIA-232, EIA-422 or EIA-485 mode. 
The table provides the pinout for each of the modes of operation. The console port is an EIA-232 
dedicated port. It’s pinout is detailed in a separate table below.

The following table provides pinout information for the serial ports:

The following table provides pinout information for the Admin port. For some models Perle supply’s 
a RJ45 Admin cable (part# 1107015-10) that should be used to connect from the Admin port on the 
IOLAN to the (some models) Perle supplied RJ45 to serial adapter.

 

 

 

 

 

1

RTS (out)

TxD+

TxD+

DATA+

2

DTR(out)

3

TxD (out)

TxD-

TxD-

DATA-

4

GND

GND

GND

GND

5

GND

GND

GND

GND

6

RxD (in)

RxD+

RxD+

7

DSR (in)

8

CTS (in)

RxD-

RxD-

 

 

1

DCD (in)

2

RTS (out)

3

DSR (in)

4

TxD (out)

5

RxD (in)

6

GND

7

CTS (in)

8

DTR (out)

Pin 1

Pin 8