Serial NuBus Card: Pinout Information

This article contains the pinouts for the Serial NuBus (NB) Card.
Here are Apple Serial NB Card D-62 Connector Pinouts. There are two types of cables, the Hydra cable with four RS-232-C connectors, and the V.35 cable with one RS-232-C connector and one V.35 connector.

The term "RS-232" as used here refers to a signal that is single-ended and driven between +/-12V.

The terms "RS-422" and "X.21" as used here refer to a signal that is differential and driven +/-, measured differentially.


Pin #    Signal           Function
-----    ------          ---------
1       +CA1F           X.21 Control, +CHA1, OUTPUT
3       -CA1F           X.21 Control, -CHA1, OUTPUT
6       +CB1F           X.21 Control, +CHB1, OUTPUT
8       -CB1F           X.21 Control, -CHB1, OUTPUT

16       +IA1            X.21 INDICATION, +CHA1, INPUT
44       1DCDA/-IA1      RS-232 Data Carrier Detect/X.21 INDICATION, -CHA1, INPUT
11       +IB1            X.21 INDICATION, +CHB1, INPUT
49       1DCDB/-IB1      RS-232 Data Carrier Detect/X.21 INDICATION, -CHB1, INPUT


62       GND_1           CHA1 GND
57       GND_2           CHB1 GND
52       GMD_3           CHA2 GND
47       GND_4           CHB2 GND
41       GND_5           EXTRA GND
37       GND_6           EXTRA GND

2       232TXDA1        TX DATA, CHA1, RS-232, OUTPUT
7       232TXDB1        TX DATA, CHB1, RS-232, OUTPUT
12       232TXDA2        TX DATA, CHA2, RS-232, OUTPUT
17       232TXDB2        TX DATA, CHB2, RS-232, OUTPUT

4       1RTSA           READY TO SEND, CHA1, RS-232, OUTPUT
9       1RTSB           READY TO SEND, CHB1, RS-232, OUTPUT
14       2RTSA           READY TO SEND, CHA2, RS-232, OUTPUT
19       2RTSB           READY TO SEND, CHB2, RS-232, OUTPUT

5       1CTSA           CLEAR TO SEND, CHA1, RS-232, INPUT
10       1CTSB           CLEAR TO SEND, CHB1, RS-232, INPUT
15       2CTSA           CLEAR TO SEND, CHA2, RS-232, INPUT
20       2CTSB           CLEAR TO SEND, CHB2, RS-232, INPUT

43       1DSRA           DATA SET READY, CHA1, RS-232, INPUT
48       1DSRB           DATA SET READY, CHB1, RS-232, INPUT

53       2DSRA           DATA SET READY, CHA2, RS-232, INPUT
58       2DSRB           DATA SET READY, CHB2, RS-232, INPUT

45       1DTRA           DATA TERMINAL READY, CHA1, RS-232, OUTPUT  
50       1DTRB           DATA TERMINAL READY, CHB1, RS-232, OUTPUT
55       2DTRA           DATA TERMINAL READY, CHA2, RS-232, OUTPUT
60       2DTRB           DATA TERMINAL READY, CHB2, RS-232, OUTPUT

46       1RIA            RING INDICATOR, CHA1, RS-232, INPUT
51       1RIB            RING INDICATOR, CHB1, RS-232, INPUT
56       2RIA            RING INDICATOR, CHA2, RS-232, INPUT
61       2RIB            RING INDICATOR, CHB2, RS-232, INPUT

54       2DCDA           DATA CARRIER DETECT, CHA2, RS-232, INPUT
59       2DCDB           DATA CARRIER DETECT, CHB2, RS-232, INPUT

39       2RXCA           RECEIVE CLOCK, CHA2, RS-232, INPUT
40       2RXCB           RECEIVE CLOCK, CHB2, RS-232, INPUT

38       2TXCA           TRANSMIT CLOCK, CHA2, RS-232, INPUT
42       2TXCB           TRANSMIT CLOCK, CHB2, RS-232, INPUT

13       2TXDA           RECEIVE DATA, CHA2, RS-232, INPUT

18       2TXDB           RECEIVE DATA, CHB2, RS-232, INPUT

21       +422TXCA1       +TRANSMIT CLOCK, CHA1, RS-422, INPUT
22       -422TXCA1       -TRANSMIT CLOCK, CHA1, RS-422, INPUT
29       +422TXCB1       +TRANSMIT CLOCK, CHB1, RS-422, INPUT
30       -422TXCB1       -TRANSMIT CLOCK, CHB1, RS-422, INPUT

25       +422RXCA1       +RECEIVE CLOCK, CHA1, RS-422, INPUT
26       -422RXCA1       -RECEIVE CLOCK, CHA1, RS-422, INPUT
33       +422RXCB1       +RECEIVE CLOCK, CHB1, RS-422, INPUT
34       -422RXCB1       -RECEIVE CLOCK, CHB1, RS-422, INPUT

27       +422TXDA1       +TRANSMIT DATA, CHA1, RS-422, OUTPUT
28       -422TXDA1       -TRANSMIT DATA, CHA1, RS-422, OUTPUT
35       +422TXDB1       +TRANSMIT DATA, CHB1, RS-422, OUTPUT
36       -422TXDB1       -TRANSMIT DATA, CHB1, RS-422, OUTPUT

23       +422RXDA1       +RECEIVE DATA, CHA1, RS-422, INPUT
24       -422RXDA1       -RECEIVE DATA, CHA1, RS-422, INPUT
31       +422RXDB1       +RECEIVE DATA, CHB1, RS-422, INPUT
32       -422RXDB1       -RECEIVE DATA, CHB1, RS-422, INPUT

Published Date: Feb 18, 2012