# Trying to confirm pinout, connectivity to Cisco ASA, ISR, Catalyst Switch

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**Category:** Serial Servers & Infrastructure Mangement\
**Tags:** cisco\
**Created:** [May 31, 2016, 4:34pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/trying-to-confirm-pinout-connectivity-to-cisco-asa-isr-catalyst-switch/16857 "2016-05-31T16:34:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![beh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58f4c7/32.png) [@beh](https://forums.digi.com/u/beh)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2016, 4:34pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/trying-to-confirm-pinout-connectivity-to-cisco-asa-isr-catalyst-switch/16857/1 "2016-05-31T16:34:48Z")

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I have a newly purchased ConnectPort TS 16.

I am trying to connect to various Cisco devices.

Can you please assist with Pinout?

I had discovered this:

White/Orange 1 Orange 2  
Orange 2 Brown 8  
White/Green 3 Blue 4  
Blue 4 Green 6  
White/Blue 5 White/Green 3  
Green 6 White/Blue 5  
White/Brown 7 White/Orange 1  
Brown 8 White/Brown 7

When I SSH to the Digi (tcp port 2501 for device port 1), I get the digi login prompt, but then when trying to get the device, the SSH/Putty window just closes.

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**Author:** ![userid0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f6c823/32.png) [@userid0](https://forums.digi.com/u/userid0)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2016, 8:16am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/trying-to-confirm-pinout-connectivity-to-cisco-asa-isr-catalyst-switch/16857/2 "2016-06-01T08:16:11Z")

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The pin-outs can be found here:

[http://ftp1.digi.com/support/cabling/rj45\_8pin\_altpin\_cisco\_rj45\_8pin.pdf](http://ftp1.digi.com/support/cabling/rj45_8pin_altpin_cisco_rj45_8pin.pdf)

Please note that the cable ends are not interchangeable, so you will want to label the ends for the Cisco port and the Digi port.

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**Author:** ![beh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58f4c7/32.png) [@beh](https://forums.digi.com/u/beh)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2016, 9:26am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/trying-to-confirm-pinout-connectivity-to-cisco-asa-isr-catalyst-switch/16857/3 "2016-06-01T09:26:13Z")

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The document says “Altpin should be turned on when using this cable.”

Where is that enabled?