Directv Low Speed Data Port (1 Viewer)

[cyscojac]

I,m very new to MP and I'm trying to gather all my hardware so I can get started on the installation and configuring MP. My only question today, is about the Low Speed Data port on my RCA DirecTV. I work a lot with Cisco equipment and the DB9 Rollover cable (cable for consoling into cisco equipment) appears to be the exact DB9 to serial cable that I'm looking for. I wanted to ask if anyone has tried, or will this cable work on my Low Speed Data port to change the channels. I didn't know if there was some special pinout for the serial connection or if all DB9 to serial pinouts are the same, like my Cisco Rollover cables.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Thank you,

 

[jburnette]

The pinout for the required cable can be found at dtvcontrol.com. I'm not really sure if the Cisco cable in question is wired correctly, but I'm sure that you can look at that pinout and tell.