Long Tether Cables

[BrianBSL]

Originally Posted by Justin Stiltner

Don't you mean it is a DB-9 end on the cable.. not a DB-15 which is what the joysticks use, the number is the number of pins in the cable. Also if you are buying one, DO NOT get an NULL MODEM cable, this is not what you want. You want straight through.
I would also like the schematic of the tether port because if only 1 wire isn't used then I could use some CAT-5e cable that I have to make one.
BTW someone on here had long tether cables they were selling from their signature...

I can't imagine a CAT5 cable would work that well - unless there were enough grounds to do some twisted pair style noise shielding. Putting two data lines on a twisted pair isn't going to work for more than a foot or two.

[devicenull]

If you were to get a male to female cable, then get a gender changer (male to female), you could have a nice long program cable too

[BRosser314]

well for those of u that want the cable layout,

program cable pinout guide:
http://www.ifirobotics.com/docs/program-port-4-7-05.pdf

you can follow the same pinout to make a tether just make sure you use the same color wires on each end when connecting to the DB-9 plugs. alos i believe there is other pinouts somewhere on this site, didnt take te time to look