Digi Connect IT 4/Mini & Digi Connect IT 16/48 - RJ45 RS232 Serial Pinout Differences

NOTE:  Digi Connect® IT serial ports and serial cable length of run:
The RS232 standard requires support for baud rates up to 9600 baud on shielded multicore cable up to 50 feet (15 meters) long. For the Digi Connect IT family, the use of standard CAT5 cables enables serial communication at all baud rates up to 50 feet. CAT5 unshielded twisted pair cable lengths much longer than 50 feet have been verified at 9600 baud but are non-standard and are not guaranteed.
 

Digi Connect IT Mini & Digi Connect IT 4 use the same 8-wire RJ45 RS232 pinout

Digi Connect IT Mini – 1 x RJ45 RS232 serial port:
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Connect IT Mini – Serial Port found on right side of chassis

Serial connector pinout
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Digi Connect IT 4 – 4 x RJ45 RS232 serial ports:
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Connect IT 4 – Serial Ports found on back side of chassis

Serial connector pinout
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Digi Connect IT 16 & Digi Connect IT 48 use the same 8-wire RJ45 RS232 pinout

NOTE: RJ45 Serial pinout differs from Digi Connect IT Mini & Digi Connect IT 4 pinout

Digi Connect IT 16 – 16 x RJ45 RS232 serial ports:
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Digi Connect IT 16 – Console and Serial Ports found on front of chassis

Digi Connect IT 48 – 48 x RJ45 RS232 serial port:
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Digi Connect IT 48 – Console and Serial Ports found on front of chassis

Serial connector pinout
The Connect IT console port is DTE. The Connect IT serial ports 1-48 (1-16 for IT 16) are DTE ports by default but may be software configured for DCE.
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Last updated: Jan 16, 2020

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