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Adam Smith · *nix forums beginner Joined: 19 Feb 2005 Posts: 27

Thanks Thomas,

Don't see an explicit P/N

On the button box
Model #SN-911
Type # 9780805
Serial # 05A4712C

Nothing on the Dial box, unless internal

Adam

Thomas Jahns wrote:

uptime · *nix forums beginner Joined: 17 Mar 2006 Posts: 2

Hi Adam,

back in 1998 I documented the pinouts for the

o SGI Dial Box SN-921 (No Buttons)
o SGI Dials & Buttons (dials controller 013-0214-001, buttons
013-0251-001)

on O2, Octane (male DB9) and Indigo, Indigo2, Indy (female MiniDIN8).

I suppose you want to connect the D&B to an Indigo2? So this would be

Signal D&B: female DB9 <--> Indigo2: female MiniDIN8
============================================
TD 1 3
RD 2 5
SG 6 4 or 8

I am not sure about IRIX 6.5, but with 6.3 you need eoe.sw.optinput.
Install as 'Dials & Buttons'.
If unsure about the serial interface, consult your local man page
serial(7).

As you can see, a standard serial cable wouldn't work.

Please report back whether this works.

Al

uptime · *nix forums beginner Joined: 17 Mar 2006 Posts: 2

Hi,

I did a quick google search: it looks like you own the original SGI
buttons (SN-911) and the original SGI dials (should be SN-921, with the
huge 5V power adapter).

In this case the pinout is different:

Signal Dial Box: male DB9 <--> Indigo2: female MiniDIN8
============================================
TD 2 3
RD 3 5
SG 7 4 or 8

I suppose its the same for the Buttons (SN-911).

Good luck.

Sheldon T. Hall - DO NOT · *nix forums beginner Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 14

On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 17:06:51 -0000, "mr mystery"
<itsa.secret@im.not.telling.you> wrote:

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