Did you know Monoprice.com sells cheap Loconet cables?

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Neither did I!

http://www.monoprice.com/Product?c_id=102&cp_id=10222&cs_id=1022202&p_id=939&seq=1&format=2

More:
http://www.monoprice.com/Category?c_id=102&cp_id=10222

Remember, we need the 6P6C "Reverse" ones.

[railnerd]

Um, I think you want the "Straight" cables...  pin 1 to pin 1, pin2 to pin 2.

[Ed Kapuscinski]

According to the Digitrax info:

LocoNet cables are wired pin 1 to pin 1. When you hold the plug with the tab up and look into the end of the connector you will see the wires listed above starting at the left side and moving to the right. (This is sometimes called a “reversing cable” in the telecom industry even though it really does not reverse.)

That's why I was thinking we need the reversing ones.

[railnerd]

Yeah, it is confusing…  the "straight" through cables have the tabs alternating.  "Straight wire connections for data lines. Straight cables preserve the right to left order of the pins inside the connectors."

-Dave

[mmyers]

You want the straight ones for data.

[reinhardtjh]

More:
http://www.monoprice.com/Category?c_id=102&cp_id=10222

In this listing you want the ones that says "Straight xxft, for data".  Voice cables have the wires crossed over. Like a null modem serial cable (may be too old a reference for some). Data cables have pin 1 to pin 1, etc.

Monoprice sells enough cables that they usually get the nomenclature right.  In this case they do where they say the Voice cables are reversed.  They are.  We want the data cables for Loconet.