Preparing a Cable

To use KD to debug kernel-mode executables from a remote location, you must connect a null-modem serial cable to the serial ports of the host computer running KD and the NT computer running the executables. The following tables list these connections:

KD Serial Cable Connections

KD Serial port Connected to NT Serial port
Transmit Receive
Receive Transmit
Ground Ground

KD 9-pin and 25-pin D-subminiature Cable Connections

Pin Connected to Pin
2 3
3 2
7 7