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ugen2.6: <Prolific Technology Inc. USB-Serial Controller> at usbus2, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=ON (100mA) This is what it looks like on the receiving end at the moment. Informed the forum how far we are… but the new null-cable works with the port: look at the foto… Good for today, why does amazon not deliver faster?, but we can wait, can’t we, lizbeth > Op 21 aug. 2021, om 09:46 heeft Roger Pau Monné <[email protected]> het > volgende geschreven: > > On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 06:41:57PM +0200, Lizbeth Mutterhunt, Ph.D wrote: >> >> >>> Op 18 aug. 2021, om 17:11 heeft Roger Pau Monné <[email protected]> het >>> volgende geschreven: >>> >>> On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 04:03:34PM +0200, Lizbeth Mutterhunt, Ph.D wrote: >>>> Ok, the RS-232 cable arrived yestereday to connect it with my ASUS board >>>> shouldn’t be the problem, but how to connect on the other side of a 7 year >>>> old Dell Notebook with FreeBSD 14 CURRENT running? I guess I need a USB -> >>>> RS232 adapter there, or? And the Raspi would need something like this, too? >>> >>> Yes, that's what I use, a RS-232 to USB adapter. I've connected the >>> adapter to either a laptop or a Raspberry Pi. As long as you have the >>> drivers it doesn't really matter what you use on the other end. >>> >>> Keep in mind the cable between both boxes must be a null modem cable, >>> or else it won't work. >>> >> I can’t connect it onboard, went with skalpell to the white plastic >> protection > > So you are not able to plug the serial header into the motherboard? > Sorry, TBH it's not clear to me where you are stuck. > > Do you have the whole thing setup with all the cables properly > connected and it's not working? > > How are you trying to connect to the serial console on the receive > end? > >> But still no success even when force flag is on! Is this a sign, it is not a >> 0-modem-cable. >> There are 9 pins, Clear to Send, Ready To Send, Clear to Receive, Ready to >> receive RX and DX (switching) and one stop bit and the brown earth pin. They >> appear on the board same way, but still they can’t connect. >> >> Buy another cable or another adapter? > > FWIW, I tend to use Startech adapters: > > https://www.amazon.de/StarTech-USB-Seriell-Adapterkabel-Schnittstellen/dp/B00GRP8EZU/ref=sr_1_4?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&dchild=1&keywords=startech+usb+serial&qid=1629531611&s=computers&sr=1-4 > > <https://www.amazon.de/StarTech-USB-Seriell-Adapterkabel-Schnittstellen/dp/B00GRP8EZU/ref=sr_1_4?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&dchild=1&keywords=startech+usb+serial&qid=1629531611&s=computers&sr=1-4> > > And then you also need a null modem cable, like: > > https://www.amazon.de/StarTech-Null-Modem-Kabel-schwarz/dp/B00QM8ZP5E/ref=sr_1_3?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&dchild=1&keywords=startech+nullmodem&qid=1629531635&s=computers&sr=1-3 > > <https://www.amazon.de/StarTech-Null-Modem-Kabel-schwarz/dp/B00QM8ZP5E/ref=sr_1_3?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&dchild=1&keywords=startech+nullmodem&qid=1629531635&s=computers&sr=1-3> > > Sorry for the brand naming. I'm in no way affiliated to Startech, it's > just that I find their products more reliable than others, and hence > that's what I would recommend. > > Regards, Roger.
