

                   Frye RS232 RJ11 Cable Descriptions
                             05/29/97 -med

        Frye RS232 cables use an RJ11 to DB9 or RJ11 to DB25 connector
        interface. The connectors are wired as shown below. 

        The Frye RS232 cable system assume that a six conductor RJ11 
        telephone cable will be used between the two connectors. 
            
        Note that the six conductor cable is not the same as is 
        normally used with standard telephones. If you try to use a 
        standard telephone cable which only has four wires, you may 
        experience problems. This can be a confusion since the four 
        wire telephone cables look similar to the six wire cables and 
        will plug into the RJ11 jacks in the same manner. The six 
        conductor cables are slightly wider and the connectors will 
        have six gold pins in them rather than the four pins used in 
        the four conductor telephone cables. 

        Please note that RJ11 cables will reverse the colors on the 
        other end of the cable. This can cause some confusion when
        trying to figure out how the cables are wired. 


             The cable coloring looks as shown below

           Left RJ11     six conductor cable   Right RJ11
           ============<<===================>>============
           blue -------  blue ----------blue  ------ white 
           yellow -----  yellow ----- yellow  ------ black 
           green ------  green ------- green  -------- red 
           red --------  red ----------- red  ------ green 
           black ------  black ------- black  ----- yellow 
           white ------  white ------- white  ------- blue 
           ============<<===================>>============     
            colors are the same     colors are different









        Notes: 

        *  FP40 and FA10/FA12/FA18 use the same RS232 connector.
        ** Orange labeled connectors are obsolete. They have been 
           replaced by green labeled connectors.  








         The RJ11 modular connectors are wired as shown below

               Left RJ11                    Right RJ11       
        ----------------------------------------------------------
           Part # 044-1053-00           Part # 044-1052-00 
           (white label)  (type)        (white label)  (type)      
           Computer       DB9F        * Fonix RS232    DB9P   (FP40/FA1x)
           =====================        =====================
           pin    sig     color         pin    sig     color
           ---------------------        ---------------------  
           2 -<-- RX ---- green         2 ->-- RX ---- red
           3 ->-- TX ---- red           3 -<-- TX ---- green
           5 ---- GND --- black         4 -<-- DTR --- black
           6 -<-- DSR --- yellow        5 ---- GND --- yellow
           7 ->-- RTS --- blue          7 -<-- RTS --- white
           8 -<-- CTS --- white         8 ->-- CTS --- blue
        ----------------------------------------------------------
           Part # 044-1050-00           Part # 044-1051-00 
           (white label)    (type)      (white label)  (type)
           Computer(lights) DB25F       6500 RS232     DB25P  
           =====================        =====================
           pin    sig     color         pin    sig     color 
           ---------------------        ---------------------  
           2 ->-- TX ---- red           2 -<-- TX ---- green 
           3 -<-- RX ---- green         3 ->-- RX ---- red   
           4 ->-- RTS --- blue          4 -<-- RTS --- white 
           5 -<-- CTS --- white         5 ->-- CTS --- blue  
           6 -<-- DSR --- yellow        7 ---- GND --- yellow
           7 ---- GND --- black         20 -<- DTR --- black 
        ----------------------------------------------------------
           Part # 098-1870-02           Part # 098-2869-02 
           (green label)  (type)        (green label)  (type)
           Printer        DB25P         FP40 Printer   DB9P  
           =====================        =====================
           pin    sig     color         pin   sig    color   
           ---------------------        ---------------------
           2 -<-- TX ---- green         4 -<-- TX2 --- green   
           3 ->-- RX ---- red           5 ---- GND --- black 
           4 -<-- RTS --- white         6 ->-- RX2 --- red 
           5 ->-- CTS --- blue          7 -<-- RTS --- white 
           7 ---- GND --- yellow        8 ->-- CTS --- blue  
           20 -<- DTR --- black         9 ---- NC ---- yellow
        ----------------------------------------------------------
                                        Part # 098-1869-01 
                                        (green label)  (type)   
                                        6500 Printer   DB9P      
                                        =====================
                                        pin    sig     color    
                                        ---------------------     
                                        2 ->-- RX ---- red      
                                        3 -<-- TX ---- green    
                                        6 -<-- DSR --- yellow   
                                        5 ---- GND --- black    
                                        7 -<-- RTS --- white     
                                        8 ->-- CTS --- blue     




        The RJ11 modular connectors shown below are obsolete


               Left RJ11                    Right RJ11       
        ----------------------------------------------------------
           Part # 098-1870-01           Part # 098-1869-01 
        ** (orange label) (type)     ** (orange label) (type)    
           Laser Printer  DB25          6500 Laser     DB9       
           =====================        =====================   
           pin    sig     color         pin    sig     color    
           ---------------------        --------------------- 
           2 -<-- TX ---- green         2 ->-- RX ---- red      
           3 ->-- RX ---- red           3 -<-- TX ---- green    
           4 -<-- RTS --- white         4 -<-- DTR --- yellow   
           5 ->-- CTS --- blue          5 ---- GND --- black    
           7 ---- GND --- yellow        7 -<-- RTS --- white    
           20 -<- DTR --- black         8 ->-- CTS --- blue     
        ----------------------------------------------------------
                                        Part # 098-2869-01
                                     ** (orange label) (type) 
                                        FP40 Laser     DB9    
                                        ===================== 
                                        pin    sig     color  
                                        --------------------- 
                                        4 -<-- RX2 --- red    
                                        5 ---- GND --- black  
                                        6 ->-- TX2 --- green  
                                        7 -<-- RTS --- white  
                                        8 ->-- CTS --- blue   
                                        9 ---- NC ---- yellow 

        =================================================================

                             Other RS232 Connectors 

        The 6500 RS232 diagnostic loopback plug is shown below

           Part # 098-1755-00      
           (white label)    (type)    
           6500 RS232 Diag. DB25P      
           ======================   
           pin    sig     
           ---------------   
           2 ---- TX ----+  Pins 2 and 3 connected
           3 ---- RX ----+

           4 ---- RTS ---+  Pins 4 and 5 connected
           5 ---- CTS ---+


        History: 03/12/96 -med original
                 04/04/97 -med rev 1
                 05/29/97 -med rev 2





