Thread: 2007 tether and program cable question
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Re: 2007 tether and program cable question
The tether cable is a straight through DB-9 cable. I continuity tested it last season, pin 1 is pin 1 and so on.
The programming cable is a standard DB-9 serial cable.

We have purchased two 25ft DB-9 M-F cables from here to use as extensions for both the tether and programming cables.
http://www.cablewholesale.com/catalo...rialcables.htm

It's nice to be able to be tethered and monitor printf's from the programming port while testing and diagnosing code.
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