Comments on: Uniden BCD396XT non-standard “USB” cable and a source of connectors.

By: M.Steff

M.Steff — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 07:04:50 +0000

Thanks for replying. I will let you know. In your article you never mentioned if you actually built the serial cable. If yes, did it work and can you post some pics?

By: danreetz

danreetz — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:58:10 +0000

The safe bet would be to connect all 4. please let me know how it goes!

By: M.Steff

M.Steff — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 09:34:00 +0000

I am about to make my own cable but I have a question for you. I found this site that has the pinout with 4 connections instead of 3:
http://pinouts.ru/DevicesCables/uniden_bc246t_pinout.shtml

Does the 4th connection matter?

By: danreetz

danreetz — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:45:20 +0000

I’m not sure I understand your question – the cable ends I linked would allow you to create a serial cable, not a USB cable… that’s what Francois described in his schematic.

By: recountry2

recountry2 — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:09:37 +0000

Making a cable for my BCT 15. You are using the standard pin outs?

1 VCC Red +5 VDC
2 D- White Data -
3 D+ Green Data +
4 GND Black Ground

By: danreetz

danreetz — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:50:02 +0000

That’s fantastic! Thank you Francois. May I archive it here, too?

By: Francois Thibeault

Francois Thibeault — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:19:01 +0000

I’ve draw the wiring diagram for between the male RS232 connector on motherboard and the female oddd connector on the scanner. Here’s the link:
http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/6820/bc95xltserialportpinout.jpg

By: Port80

Port80 — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:08:38 +0000

Thats an awesome idea. I’ve got a BCD396XT also and have been eyeing the $$$$ Uniden USB-1 adaptor but just can’t convince myself that supporting that sort of corporate proprietary crap is worth it. How did you turn this ebay adaptor into a usable one for your scanner?

By: danreetz

danreetz — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:01:45 +0000

Update: I received these cables today, and they fit the BCD396XT well.