Avocent DSR2035 / DSR8035 Serial cable pinout

pingI just picked up an Avocent DSR2035 KVM over IP device, and found that the serial pinout for the SETUP line is completely non-standard.   Luckily, I had a weird Avocent rj45 dongle that came with one of my other devices, so on a lark, I plugged it into a Cisco-style reversed cable, and it worked.  Pinout is:

1 8
2 2
3 4
4 3
5 6
6 5
7 7
8 1
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