Serial Cable Pinouts Pinout List For RS-232 Serial Cables DB-25 DB-9 Circuit Function ----- AA Chassis Ground 2 3 BA Transmitted Data 3 2 BB Received Data 4 7 CA Request To Send 5 8 CB Clear To Send 6 6 CC Data Set Ready 7 5 AB Signal Ground 8 1 CF Carrier Detect 12 ----- SCF Speed Indicate 20 4 CD Data Terminal Ready 22 9 CE Ring Indicate The Minimum required pins needed for the modem to operate are: Data, Signal Ground and Data Terminal Ready (unless DIP 1 is down). Also, the sources of the signal are: 1 and 7 are supplied by both the Terminal and the Modem 2,4,20 are supplied by the Terminal 3,5,6,8,12,22 are supplied by the Modem