User guide
Cables
B-4
Serial Port Pin Assignments
The DB-9 serial port on the rear panel is used to connect the CheetahAccess 
Internet Gateway to an ISDN TA or PSTN modem. The pin assignments used to 
connect to this port are provided in the following tables.
Figure B-2. DB-9 Serial Port Pin Numbers
DB-9 Port Pin Assignments
EIA 
Circuit
CCITT 
Signal
Description Gateway’s 
DB9 DTE 
Pin #
PC DB9 
DTE 
Pin #
Modem 
DB25 DCE 
Pin #
Signal 
Direction 
DTE-DCE
CF 109 DCD (Data Carrier Detected) 1 1 8 <------
BB 104 RxD (Received Data) 2 2 3 <------
BA 103 TxD (Transmitted Data) 3 3 2 ------>
CD 108.2 DTR (Data Terminal Ready) 4 4 20 ------>
AB 102 SG (Signal Ground) 5 5 7 -------
CC 107 DSR (Data Set Ready) 6 6 6 <------
CA 105 RTS (Request-to-Send) 7 7 4 ------>
CB 106 CTS (Clear-to-Send) 8 8 5 <------
CE 125 RI (Ring Indicator) 9 9 22 <------










