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Re: CAN Cables

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Originally Posted by blu28 View Post
I misread the pinouts and ended up connecting all 6 pins. I have the pairs connected from the outside in, which is to say that one pair is on pins 1 and 6, reversed so that the wire on pin 1 on one end is connected to pin 6 on the other and vice versa. Likewise there is a pair on pins 2 and 5 and also one pair on 3 and 4. Does it hurt to have the extra pair on the outside? What about wiring the one marked at no connector that corresponds to the ground?
I assume you are trying to make cables for to communicate between Jags and not a serial adaptor. Below is a link to a thread with a video tutorial on making CAN cables.

I hope this helps.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...an+cable+video
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