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im_living_large:
Yes, the pins have to match, but pin 1 male may have a purple wire connected to it and female 1 may have a yellow wire.  There's no standard.  The best way to do it is to cut off the end of the female and the male, then strip back the insulation on all wires on the male and female, and use a meter to check continuity and label the wires somehow.  It's a long process, but the best way I know to ensure you have the right connection.  Let's say you hook the purple pin 1 male wire which is connected to pin 1 up to button 1.  Now the purple wire on the female side may be connected to pin 17, and if you hook that up to your IPAC on button 1 it won't work correctly, because it's looking for whatever is coming into pin 17.  It's hard to put this in words, but I hope you understand.

GGKoul:
I got it.

Damn.. its going to be as long process...   :-[

im_living_large:
From what I've seen, there is no industry standard.  It's left up to the cable maufacturer, so unless you have the same brand cable chances are you won't be able to rely on wire color, and even if they are the same manufacturer there's no guarantee they used the same color wire on both cables.

GGKoul:
Unless I purchase one cable that is Male on one end and a Female on the other end.

Sephroth57:
an easier way would be to buy 2 female DB25 connecters with crimp pins from radio shack. wire the pins yourself so you know what they are, then connect the 2 with a double male cable.

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