[AQUARIUS] Aquarius to DB9 Cable Info

[rietveld]

I built this simple cable to allow me to connect my Aquarius to my Dragon 32 computer

 

I can transmit data to the dragon to use as a 'dumb' terminal.     It only allows one way communication but still offers up some remote use possibilities 

 

Using a stereo cable

Aquarius. To. DB9

Tip. TxD Pin 2

Sleeve. Ground. Pin 5

 

To force a hand shacking (device ready) on the Aquarius you need to tie some pins together on the DB9.

Connect Pin 6-4 and Pin 7-8 

Edited September 20, 2019 by rietveld

[jaybird3rd]

Thank you!  Martin v.d. Steenoven posted a chart on his website which corresponds to the pinout you described.  I've successfully used this to connect the Aquarius to a PC:

 

Audio Jack TIP ---> Pin 2 (RxD) of the 9 pin D
Audio Jack RING ---> pin 4 (DTR) of the 9 Pin D
Audio Jack SLEEVE ---> pin 5 (GND) of the 9 pin D
Connect pins 7 (CTS) and 8 (RTS) of the 9 Pin D together.
Connect pins 4 and 6 of the 9 pin D together

 

Push the audio jack into the PRINTER port of the Aquarius and the 9 Pin D into the serial port of your PC.

Using your favorite comms package such as HyperTerminal or PuTTY, set the comms parameters to 1200 baud, no parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit and Hardware Handshaking. You must enable hardware handshaking as this provides the 'printer ready' signal to the Aquarius.

 

Anything you LPRINT or COPY from the Aquarius will be received by the PC.