I can't find a male/male printer cable anywhere other than online. Trouble is, all my bits have arrived today and I want to get my Gecko up and running this weekend.
I was lucky enough to be donated an old printer cable and bought a male DB25 assembly from Jaycar electronics. I've now successfully rewired the female end and checked continuity with a DMM.
Here's my question; The Gecko manual describes pins 18-25 as "GND" but, although this printer cable has a jumper across pins 19 to 25, they're not actually 'grounded', just joined to each other. There is a conductor that connects the shell at one end to the shell at the other. Should pins 18-25 be grounded to the shell or am I right to go?
Could someone please check their cable to see if there's continuity between these pins and the shell?
Cheers in advance.