Need help with serial for CNC 88HS contoller on VMC 3016L

[shane.mccook]

My machine shop has decided to move a machine from building to building and I've been handed the task of hooking it up to a new computer.

The machine is a Fadal VMC 3016L with the CNC 88HS controller. It has a RS232 25-pin (male). The connector is hanging loose in the cabinet and as far as I can tell it is pinned
1-Ground
2-Brown
3-Red
4-Blue
7-Yellow
20-Green

The previous set up was a PC DB9 -> DB25 1-6 Switch box -> Fadal

The drawing shows the pin out of the switch box -> Fadal cable

In the current set up I am trying to use a Perle IOLAN DS1 - 1 x DB9M serial port (had I known the Fadal was a DB25 before I ordered ...)

I guess the thing I need to know is what pin out do I need for a DB9 to DB25 cable to get this thing to "send tape"?

[shane.mccook]

After an afternoon of playing with meters and pin outs and Visio and such ... I went and nagged for a manual that nobody bothered to mention before and low and behold there was a pin out plain as day.

Anybody got a source for theses other than an over-priced custom cable?

[Edster]

You can order pre made cables from shopfloor automations.

http://www.shopfloorautomations.com/cabling.php

You can also use an I232 setup from betatronics, my personal favorite

http://www.beta-a2.com/i232_photo.html