Rice Lake Ishida Astra User Manual

Astra Cables

The Astra may communicate by RS-232 connection to a PC. It may also communicate to another Astra scale
for the purpose of copying data from one machine to another.

The cable pin assignments are listed below for several types of cables. Black Box and Radio Shack part
numbers are provided for each cable to facilitate purchasing a pre-fabricated cable.

Black Box Radio Shack

Astra to PC and Astra to Astra Null Modem Cable Part Number Part Number

www.blackbox.com www.radioshack.com

Astra Cable Cable PC or Astra

9-pin 9-pin 9-pin 9-pin EYN257H-0006-FF 9-pin Female to 9-pin Female cable
Male Female Female Male 26-152B

9-pin M/F Null Modem adapter

RXD 2 3 TXD 26-264B
TXD 3 2 R X D
SG 5 5 SG

Astra to PC Null Modem Cable

Astra Cable Cable PC

9-pin 9-pin 25-pin 25-pin EVNBPC-0006-FF
Male Female Female Male

RXD 2 2 TXD
TXD 3 3 RXD
SG 5 7 SG