Section 7 - Phone Pinouts
Before going into the cable specs, here are the pin-outs to all phones as of
now (in the US). A very special thanks go to Motorola for faxing me the new
Ultra Classic II pin-outs!
15 pin cable pinouts
PIN DESIGNATION/FUNCTION
1 Battery A+, red wire
2 Transmit Audio / ON-OFF Function, a shared line between Audio (AC) and
ground. This line will toggle the ON/OFF status of the telephone.
3 Ground (A+ return), black wire
4 Ignition Sense Lead, green with a black tracer
5 Receiver Audio (RX High), to handset connector pin 8
6 Regulated +9.5 volts, to handset connector pin 2
7 T-Data, one of the 3-wire bus lines, to handset connector pin 3
8 C-Data, one of the 3-wire bus lines, to handset connector pin 4
9 Digital Hands-Free Microphone / Manual Test. When the pin is grounded,
which can be done by shorting the two connectors of the Hands-Free
microphone, the unit is enabled to work in TEST MODE.
10 R-Data, one of the 3-wire bus lines, to handset connector pin 5
11 Handset Logic Ground, to handset connector pin 1
12 Speaker High \
| -> Only on SKN4279A and SKN4277A
13 Speaker Low /
14 Handset Audio Ground, to handset connector pin 6
15 Auxiliary Alert, yellow lead with a black tracer, used to blow the horn
or flash the headlights. Provides a ground for the relay; maximum
current is 1/2 amp. It is *N O T* recommended that this circuit be
used to drive the horn or headlights directly.
25 pin cable pinouts (series 2 and 3 transceivers)
PIN DESIGNATION/FUNCTION
1 Transmit Audio/ON - OFF Function
2 Mobile/Transportable Select Line
3 Ground (A + return), one of 2 black wires. Both are required for proper
operation
4 Battery A +, one of 2 red wires. Both are required for proper operation.
5 Ignition Sense Lead, green with red tracer
6 Receiver audio to handset (RX High), pin 8 on the handset connector
7 Ground
8 Regulated +9.5 volts to handset, pin 2 on handset connector
9 Ground
10 Auxiliary Alert, yellow with black tracer, used to blow the horn or
flash the headlights. Provides a ground function. NOTE: 1/2 amps
maximum current. The recommended method is to drive a relay
(e.g. MOT 59K813674). Ignition Sense, pin 5, must be low for this
function to work.
11 T-Data, one of the 3-wire bus lines, to pin 3 of the handset connector
12 C-Data, one of the 3-wire bus lines, to pin 4 of the handset connector
13 Ground
14 Transmit Audio Shield
15 Transmit Audio
16 Battery A+, one of two red wires. Both are required for proper operation
17 Ground, one of two black wires. Both are required for proper operation
18 R-Data, one of the 3-wire bus lines, to pin 5 of the handset connector
19 Receiver audio to external speaker
20 Ground for receiver audio (shield) to external speaker
21 Manual test line. When connected to ground, puts phone in test mode
22 Ground
23 Handset logic ground, to handset connector pin 1
24 Handset audio ground, to handset connector pin 6
25 Accessory ground, to external speaker
OEM 32 pin cable pinouts 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
+----------------------------------------------+
Note: Looking into connector C |* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *|
on the transceiver with the D |* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *|
antenna port down. +----------------------------------------------+
Pin# Designation/Function Row C Pin# Designation/Function Row D
1 Battery A+ 1 Not Used
2 Ignition Sense 2 Antenna Drive (for power antenna)
3 Status Display Control 3 Not Used
4 Not Used 4 Auxiliary Alert, used to blow the
horn or flash the headlights
through a relay
5 Ground (A+ Return) 5 Not Used
6 GM Proprietary Serial Data Bus 6 GM proprietary serial bus
7 Audio Ground, from GM Audio bus to 7 Audio Ground (not connected)
telephone
8 Low level audio, from telephone to GM 8 Low Level Audio (not connected)
Audio bus
9 Not used 9 Manual Test Line; when grounded
this line enables TEST MODE
10 Not used 10 RX High
11 Mobile / Transportable select line 11 Ground (TX Shield)
12 Handset Logic Ground 12 Regulated +9.5 volts
13 T-Data, one of the 3-wire bus lines 13 C-Data, one of the 3-wire bus lines
14 R-Data, one of the 3-wire bus lines 14 Audio Ground
15 TX High / ON-OFF 15 Ground (Rx Shield)
16 VSP Microphone High 16 VSP Microphone Ground
Pinouts for the Motorola 8000 brick phone - "N" series
numbering starts on top left 1 2 3 * 4 5 6
7 8 9 * 10 11 12
PIN SIGNAL
* GROUND
1 logic ground
2 not used
3 audio in to phone
4 audio out (and on/off toggle)
5 4.75 Bias
6 Manual test line
7 Ground for audio signals (common)
8 TRU data line
9 not used
10 CMP data line
11 RTN data line
12 ignition sense
CVC BLOCK
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12
1 VSP Enable 7 GROUND
2 SPKR Enable 8 S TRU
3 TX HI on/off 9 AUX Alert
4 RX HI 10 S CMP
5 RX HI OPT 11 S RTN
6 MAN TEST 12 IGN
Flip Fones and all fones using the dpc/pt flip cable
J3 Pin Function
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 + G - 1 Logic Ground
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 Ext. 7.5V
3 TRU
4 CMP
(looking at back of phone with battery removed) 5 RTN
6 Audio Ground
7 RX Audio OUT (spkr)
8 TX Audio IN (mic)
New External Connector for the Ultra Classic II CVC Pinblocks
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\ Pin Designation/Function
\ \
+-------------------------+ 1 Regulated 8 volts
| 12 10 8 6 4 2 | 3 ext. switched A+ enable
| - - - - - - | 5 ext. spkr/mic enable
| O | 7 TX hi - on/off
| - - - - - - | 9 T Data
\ | 11 9 7 5 3 1 | 11 R Data
+-------------------------+
| 2 Audio Ground
PHONE / 4 manual test
6 ignition / charger B+
8 RX hi
10 C Data
12 logic ground
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