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Originally Posted by Gary Dillard
basically, a regular cable has the same wires in the same locations at both ends (pin 1 on the left is pin 1 on the right), where a crossover cable switches positions of the wires.
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Right. It is needed because the transmit line (Tx) on the cRio needs to be connected to the receive line (Rx) on the camera and vice versa. Many devices such as routers and switches (and anything that conforms to the IEEE 802.3 standard) can perform automatic crossover, but these devices do not.