RS232 Pinout

09 Oct.,2023

 

Below is the pinout of a typical standard male 9-pin RS232 connector, this connector type is also referred to as a DB9 connector.
A computer's serial COM port (DTE) is usually a male port as shown below, and any peripheral devices you connect to this port usually has a female connector (DCE).



This table shows the pin numbers with signal names and the signal direction.

Pin Signal Signal Name DTE Signal direction 1 DCD Data Carrier Detect In 2 RXD Receive Data In 3 TXD Transmit Data Out 4 DTR Data Terminal Ready Out 5 GND Ground - 6 DSR Data Set Ready In 7 RTS Request to Send Out 8 CTS Clear to Send In 9 RI Ring Indicator In

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