13W3 Pinout Mania!

13W3 to 15-Pin mini-D
HDD15 to 5BNC
13W3 to 5BNC
13W3 Port on GXT150M
Matrox 13W3 to 5BNC Cable


13W3 to 15-Pin mini-D - Detachable Monitor Cable Connectors
(Cable - FRU P/N 96G2156 e.g. used for P70-6544)

I got the 13W3 pinout from the port of my Image-I. It IS correct.

Signal Name    DE9   13W3  HDD15   DDC  DDC2A/B
Video, RED 1 A1 1 1 1
Video, GREEN 2 A2 2 2 2
Video, BLUE 3 A3 3 3 3
Video, return RED - - 6 6 6
Video, return GREEN - - 7 7 7
Video, return BLUE - - 8 8 8
HORIZ SYNC - 5 13 13 13
VERT SYNC - 9 14 14 14
Sync return, Horiz - 10 - - -
Sync return, Vert - 4 - - -
Sync return, COMMON - - 10 10 10
SELF-TEST - 3 5 5 5
ID-BIT 0 - 6 11 - -
ID-BIT 1 - 7 12 - -
ID-BIT 2 - 1 4 - -
ID-BIT 3 - 2 15 - -
DDC - SDA (data) - - - 12 -
DDC - SCL (clock) - - - 15 -
DDC2A/B POWER - - * - 9
KEY (no pin) - - 9 * -

Missing Pins

The key position pin-9, above, corresponds with an obstruction on many system unit video ports, this is intended to reduce the likelihood of something other than a monitor being plugged into the port and so offers limited protection to the electronics on the video adapter card.
DDC uses this pin for power and reassigns the ID bits for DDC signaling.

Older monitors do not use all the pin positions available.
The following were manufactured with pins intentionally missing:

Machine Type Missing pins Note
6312 9  
6314 9 - 4,12,15  
6319 9 - 12,15  
6315, 21,22,24,25,27 9  
6553, 6554, 6555 9 DDC supported
8503, 8504 (12M) 9 - 1,3,4,8,11,15  
8506 9 - 1,3,4,8,11  
8507 9 - 1,3,8,11,15  
8508 9 - 1,3,4,8,11,12  
8512, 8513 9 - 4,12,15  
8514 9 all ID bits supported
8515, 8516, 9515 9 - 11,12,15  
8518, 9518 9 - 4,12,15  
9507 none fully pinned
9521,22,24,25,27 9  

Note that 6091I-19i and 9504 use the Image Plus 13W3 connector, which is self-keying by virtue of its three coaxial connectors, it is always fully pinned.

FRU P/N 96G2688: Standard ID bits, 13W3 - 15-pin I/F cable (supplied with the RS/6000)
FRU P/N 96G2689: Alternate ID bits, 13W3 - 15-pin I/F cable

Cable / Converter - FRU P/N Reference

FRU P/N Description
40H2934 13W3 to 13W3 cable
52G3282
(52G3255)
15-pin to 13W3 cable converter
96G2156 13W3 to 15-pin cable providing DDC
'Plug and Play' capability.
96G2688 13W3 to 15-pin cable providing
'1010' ID bits
96G2689 13W3 to 13W3 cable providing
'1010' ID bits
96G2693 15-pin to 15-pin cable adapter
providing '1010' ID bits
96G2694 15-pin IBM to 15-pin Apple cable
adapter.


HDD15 to 5BNC

From a cable that Dick Evans gave me, along with a 6091-019, here it is:

All shields are tied together to shield on HDD15 and pins 4,6,7,8,10,11

Pins 5, 12 and 15 are NC.


13W3 to 5BNC

Waiting for SOMEONE to send me the pinout of a WORKING Image-I to 5BNC cable, used on a 6091-xxx monitor.


13W3 Port on GXT150M

Position Signal Name
A1
Red
A2
Green
A3
Blue
1
Monitor ID Bit 2
2
Monitor ID Bit 3
3
(No Connection)
4
I/O GND
5
HSYNC
6
Monitor ID Bit 0
7
Monitor ID Bit 1
8
(No Connection)
9
VSYNC
10
I/O GND

OK, the 150M is PCI, BUT it uses the same cable as the GXT150. 09G3589, FC 4229. It's about 1.83m long.

There is a Display Conversion Cable, 13W3 to 5 BNC, 52G3255 FC4213. It's about a foot long.


Matrox 13W3 to 5BNC Pinout

Note: Pin numbering and arrangement images the GXT150M pinout:
   HSYNC uses Pin 5, but the return is Pin 10.
   VSYNC uses Pin 2, return on 10.

If you look at the GXT150M pinout:
   HSYNC is Pin 5 with return on Pin 4.
   VSYNC is Pin 9 with return on Pin 10.

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