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Originally Posted by plasmodium
Showstring state you need a RJ12 to RJ12, where all pins "line up" ie 1-1, 2-2, 3-3 etc..... Seems to one of the cables in the Jaycar Engineering Catalog....
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It is called straight through cable when each wire linked to the same pin on both ends. I'm not sure about G-11 mount pins connections but ST4 autoguide port for EQ6 requires 6 pins RJ12 straight through cable. It looks like the one for phone lines but it has 6pins instead of 4.
These 6pin RJ12 connectors are not hard to find in hardware stores.
However 6-wires cable can be found only in JayCar. I mean it's the only place where you can get 1-10 meters of it. When I was looking for it nobody wanted to sell me 5 meters and the minimum they asked me to buy was 50 meters. CAT5(8 pins) cable will work too with the only difference that you don't use one spare pair of wires. CAT5 will be much easier to find as it's a standard cable for computer networks.
Once you get connectors and cable it's just 2 minutes job to make this cable. However it won't be possible without a good 6/8 Pin Crimping Tool. There is a plenty of them on ebay and they are cheap but it's just because they are very bad quality. I bought one from guy in China for $10 and wasted at least 6 RJ12 connectors with no result. Then I bought the crimper from dicksmith for $36 and it did its job on my first try.