RS-232 DB-9 pinout for Adtran console (craft) port on TA-900 IADs and NetVanta switches
Adtran uses a female DB-9 configured as DCE. They can be connected via a straight-through DB-9 cable to a laptop serial port but you have to have a "gender changer" to make sure one end of the cable is male (into the Adtran "craft" port) and the other female (into the laptop serial port). To wire a "hood" for use with Cisco console cable standard, use a db-9 male to RJ-45 adapter such as 500-D09-8MK-RD (red in color, from Cabling Systems Warehouse) or Allen-Tel ATDB9M-8 (from Graybar) pinned as follows:
| Color | RJ-45 pin | DB-9 pin | Function |
|---|
| Blue | 1 | 8 | CTS |
| Orange | 2 | 6 | DSR |
| Black | 3 | 2 | RD |
| Red | 4 | 5 | Ground |
| Green | 5 | 5 (see note) | Ground |
| Yellow | 6 | 3 | TD |
| Brown | 7 | 4 | DTR |
| White | 8 | 7 | RTS |
Note: Insert red wire fully into header, then push green pin adjacent to red wire in same hole.
