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| howto:serial_connector 2007/02/20 14:52 | howto:serial_connector 2017/09/06 17:34 current | ||
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| **WARNING attaching a serial port will certainly void your warranty and could destroy your unit.** | **WARNING attaching a serial port will certainly void your warranty and could destroy your unit.** | ||
| - | The following information applies to version B1, there is a version B2 which may or may not be the same. J3 is the serial console connection, some units have a connector installed some do not, mine did not. | + | The following information applies to version B1, there is a version B2 which may or may not be the same. J3 is the serial console connection, some units have a Jameco catalog #420355 connector installed some do not, mine did not. The Jameco catalog number for the plug end is #420267. They are .49" headers. |
| The serial console at J3 is a logic level signal, not RS232 used by serial ports such as those on PCs. Two approaches have been used to solve this problem. One is to use a USB serial port chip leaveing out it's RS232 converters. | The serial console at J3 is a logic level signal, not RS232 used by serial ports such as those on PCs. Two approaches have been used to solve this problem. One is to use a USB serial port chip leaveing out it's RS232 converters. | ||
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| ===== Links ===== | ===== Links ===== | ||
| * [[:talk:howto:serial_connector|Talk page with user experiences]] | * [[:talk:howto:serial_connector|Talk page with user experiences]] | ||
| - | * [[http://forum.dsmg600.info/t67-Serial-interface.html|Forum thread]] | + | * [[http://dns323.kood.org/forum/t67-Serial-interface.html|Forum thread]] |
| * [[http://linkstationwiki.net/index.php?title=Add_a_Serial_port_to_the_PowerPC_Linkstation|linkstationwiki.net/index.php?title=Add_a_Serial_port_to_the_PowerPC_Linkstation]] | * [[http://linkstationwiki.net/index.php?title=Add_a_Serial_port_to_the_PowerPC_Linkstation|linkstationwiki.net/index.php?title=Add_a_Serial_port_to_the_PowerPC_Linkstation]] | ||
| * [[http://www.kurobox.com/mwiki/index.php/Add_Serial_Port|kurobox.com/mwiki/index.php/Add_Serial_Port]] | * [[http://www.kurobox.com/mwiki/index.php/Add_Serial_Port|kurobox.com/mwiki/index.php/Add_Serial_Port]] | ||
| * [[http://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=4275|Discussion about serial port at openwrt.org forum]] | * [[http://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=4275|Discussion about serial port at openwrt.org forum]] | ||
