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RFM hacked cable - question

By Boslaw

4 years ago



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#1 4 years ago

Some previous owner of my RFM hacked together a cable in my machine. I believe one of the wires has come unsoldered but I don't know which pin to solder to (or why the owner would have hacked this cable together in the first place). See pics attached. The dark grey cable is soldered to pins on the beige cable, and the other end of the dark grey cable is a computer serial cable plug. Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated, thanks!

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#2 4 years ago
Quoted from Boslaw:

Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated,

I'd search google for computer serial cable pinouts or wire colors. Likely standard for each one.

LTG : )

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#3 4 years ago

good idea, thanks. It's odd to me that they took the time to solder but couldnt be bothered cutting the plug off and going wire to wire

#4 4 years ago

Well, there doesn't seem to be a standard color arrangement that matches the wire colors already soldered on the cable based on what I've seen on the internet. Time for some more googling.

#5 4 years ago

looks like someone tried making a null serial cable. Just desolder the wires and throw out the hacked wiring. If you want to update the software later on, buy a null cable or use a pub card.

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