AS2 Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 hey guys,it's been a while since I terminated serial at a TV. I've got CAT5 to the TV from the MC, but I can't find the right piece to terminate it. I know radio shack has the solder-on rs232 plug, but I remeber there was a cool green screw-in terminal type rs232 block by Bitronix (sp?), but I can't find them anywhere.What does everyone else use? Also, I could def use a refresher course on the appropriate way to terminate it. It's pins 1, 5 & 7 right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 I am actually doing this right now! We have been using the radio shack CRIMP ends, which seem to work great. No soldier or anything. It's pins 2, 3, and 5. With CAT5 usually I do blue/white as 2, blue as 3, and orange as 5(which is ground) I forget which 2 and 3 are (RX and TX but which is which i'd have to go look). Does that help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AS2 Posted April 5, 2006 Author Share Posted April 5, 2006 YES Taylor! What is the radio shack crimps you speak of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Female Crimp-typeMale Crimp-typeI use needle nose pliers which seem to work the best. You crimp one part to the plastic shielding of the Cat5 and one to the metal itself.They have them at like every radioshack we go to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AS2 Posted April 5, 2006 Author Share Posted April 5, 2006 You crimp one part to the plastic shielding of the Cat5 and one to the metal itself.can you explain this a little further? you use the pliers to squeeze the terminals? I'm am the worst at reading/understanding written directions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Haha, it's alright. It's hard to explain without you seeing the final product. Actually, I just found the crimper for ithttp://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103683&cp=2032058.2032231.2032285&pg=2&parentPage=familyI was trying to find the actual ends that you connect but I couldn't. You take the little bitty pin (that actually plugs into the socket) and crimp the very outer edge of the part where you insert the wire onto the plastic coating of the SINGLE cat5 wire. There is another area that you then crimp to the actual wire (the metal part). Ugh, this is starting to sound more complicated than my first definition. I guess it's pointless until you actually have it in front of you. Hit me up then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamman Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 We use RJ45 to DB9 converters. So you can simply use regular CAT5 patch cables and just pin down the 2,3,&5 you need. We have them in female and male. They work great.http://www.pccables.com/01910.htmJamman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junebug Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 I second jamman, we use those also. cheap and super easy, also if you need to make a null cable for the 777 it works well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanE Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 They can be found cheaper at:http://www.cablewholesale.com/catalog/modularadaptors.htmOh, and be SURE to get the RJ45 ones, not the RJ12 ones listed on the same page.I love these things.RyanE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfleck Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 yep, that's how i do it too. ... RJ45 connectors/adaptersnice thing about it is that they terminate nicely into a decora style wallplate for the long runs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATOH Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Yep, the RJ45/DB9 adapters are awesome. Most A/V distributors have them. Where do you get your wire from? That would be the first place I would look, unless you buy everything direct from Monster or Audioquest, etc.Just pin them up the same way every time and make all your RJ45s the same every time and you'll never have to figure out which wires to use :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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