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    Serial Cables Null vs Straight through

    Serial Cables Null vs Straight through

    The information here is intended for use with the receiver's program loading and not for actual viewing TV, as some new units now use a dongle which connects to the receiver via a serial cable and that is of the Straight Thru Serial type (i believe that is always the case, but this is not a confirmed fact)
    . In other words, don't use the list below to connect a dongle to your receiver, it could be wrong.
    Use the cable that came with the dongle in those cases

    Null Modem Cable (called a "cross-over" or "twisted pair"):
    Has 9 pins, two of which are crossed. Only 3 pins are actually being used.
    Pin 2 to Pin 3 (crossed)
    Pin 3 to Pin 2 (crossed)
    Pin 5 to Pin 5



    Straight through Serial Cable:
    Has 9 pins, all of which directly correspond to the pins on each end.



    An Ohms meter will tell you which is which. Simply connect your meter to both ends of the cable to see if all pins match or the pin 2 and 3 are crossed.
    There is also a program you can find on the net that will tell you which type you have. You would need a PC with two serial ports for this program to work.

    Male or female ends are not an indication of which type of cable it may be.


    -- Below is a list (incomplete) of which cable any given FTA receiver uses for program loading (file loading).
    NULL MODEM CABLE
    Ariza All- Null modem cable
    Blackbird and all Blackbird clones(BOB, Max 1000, Stealth II. MS1000, ,etc.)- Null modem cable
    Buzz S2010F - Null modem cable
    Captain 7000 and 7100usb and the 8000 -null modem cable
    Captive works 500s- null modem cable
    Captive works 600s- Null modem cable
    Captive works 600s Premium- Null modem cable
    Captive works 1000- Null modem cable
    Conaxsat V1 PVR -
    Conaxsat Min/Duo/Trio/Nano/Nano2- Null Modem Cable
    Coolsat 4000 Plus Clones- Null modem cable
    Coolsat 8000HD- Null Modem Cable
    Cooltec 4000 - Null modem cable
    Coship (All)- Null modem cable
    Digiwave 6800/7000- Null modem cable
    Dreambox (All)- Null modem cable
    I-Link (ALL)- Null modem
    KBox Prodigy- ???????
    KBox Hero- ??????
    KBox HD- ??????
    Lava 2600- Null modem cable
    Limesat- Null modem
    Magnum XV 3300 – Null modem cable
    Max 2500- Null modem cable
    Megasat (4000)- Null modem ????
    Microroyal (All)- Null modem cable
    NFusion (ALL)- Null Modem
    Orasat v5- Null modem cable
    Pansat 2700- Null modem cable
    Pansat 2700 Clone– Null Modem Cable
    Pansat 3500SD- Null modem cable
    Pansat 5000HC- Null modem cable(Also can program through USB)
    Pantec/Multistar Max (All)- Null modem cable
    Rex1- Null modem cable
    Skytech 2700A- Null modem cable
    Silver bullet/ST 1000/2000- Null modem cable
    Sonicview SV-1000- Null modem cable
    Sonicview PVR-1000 - Null modem cable
    Sonicview 4000 - Null Modem cable
    Sonicview 8000 - Null Modem cable
    Sonysat - ??????????
    Spacestar DVB500/700 - Null modem cable
    Stealth 2000a- Null modem cable
    Ultrastar 5000- Null modem cable
    Viewsat VS2000 Xtreme- Null modem cable
    Viewsat Platinum/Lite- Null modem cable
    Viewsat Ultra – Null modem cable
    Viewsat PVR-7000 -
    Viewsat 9000HD - Null modem cable

    STRAIGHT THROUGH CABLES
    Astrovox 2600-Straight through DB9
    Coolsat 4000/5000/6000-Straight through DB9
    Digiwave Diamond-Straight DB9
    Fortec lifetime-Straight through DB9
    Fortec Lifetime Ultra-Straight through DB9
    lava 3200- straight through db9
    Megasat YT6688 - straight through DB9
    Pansat 2300a/2500a and all clones-Straight through DB9
    Pantec/Multistar MS (All except MS1000)-Straight through DB9
    Pantec MX/Ultra-Straight through DB9
    Skyview 500-Straight through DB9
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