Patent ID: 6554650
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
A connector adapter for enabling synchronous serial data transmissions between DTE (data terminal equipment) and DCE (data communications equipment) over eight wires within unshielded twisted pair cable, said connector adapter comprising:an equipment interface having at least n pins, n being a number greater than eight, wherein one of said at least n equipment interface pins is a RTS (request-to-send) pin, and another one of said at least n equipment interface pins is a CTS (clear-to-send) pin and are adapted to transport n signals utilized by the DTE or the DCE during EIA/TIA-232 (Electronic-Industry-Alliance/Telecommunication-Industry-Association-232) synchronous serial communication; a RJ45 type connector interface having eight contacts each fixedly wired within said connector adapter to one of eight of the n equipment interface pins adapted to transport the n signals utilized by the DTE or DCE during EIA/TIA-232 synchronous serial communication; wherein the RTS pin is fixedly wired within the connector adapter to the CTS pin such that synchronous serial data communications may be transported across said connector adapter utilizing the eight equipment interface pins fixedly wired to the eight RJ45 type connector interface contacts.