From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Oct 17 4:12:32 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F27F337B401 for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 04:12:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.johnrshannon.com (mail.johnrshannon.com [208.141.183.125]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6769543E75 for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 04:12:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from john@johnrshannon.com) Received: from pablo.johnrshannon.com (pablo.johnrshannon.com [192.168.1.3]) by mail.johnrshannon.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8A69E888; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 05:12:26 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pablo.johnrshannon.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pablo.johnrshannon.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g9HBCQ4Z083483; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 05:12:26 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from john@pablo.johnrshannon.com) Received: (from john@localhost) by pablo.johnrshannon.com (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g9HBCQEL083482; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 05:12:26 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from john) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: "John R. Shannon" Reply-To: john@johnrshannon.com To: "Forrest W. Christian" Subject: Re: Use as serial terminal Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 05:12:24 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.3 Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20021016232556.K41667-100000@workhorse.imach.com> In-Reply-To: <20021016232556.K41667-100000@workhorse.imach.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200210170512.26333.john@johnrshannon.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Thanks. I got it working. I had a cable wiring problem. On Wednesday 16 October 2002 11:29 pm, Forrest W. Christian wrote: > On Mon, 14 Oct 2002, John R. Shannon wrote: > > Any suggestions for debugging the problem? > > Try a null modem cable and/or get one of the serial port "serial port L= ED > thingys" from radio shack or similar to determine if your pinning is > correct. > > Generally you need a null modem cable between the two devices. Flippi= ng > pins 2&3 in the cable *should* at least get you the POST messages out o= f > the sun box if this is the problem. If it is, you will need to do some > more work to get a proper null modem cable. > > - Forrest W. Christian (forrestc@imach.com) AC7DE > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > The Innovation Machine Ltd. P.O. Box 5749 > http://www.imach.com/ Helena, MT 59604 > Home of PacketFlux Technologies and BackupDNS.com (406)-442-6648 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Protect your personal freedoms - visit http://www.lp.org/ - --=20 John R. Shannon john@johnrshannon.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAj2umxgACgkQOKbCxya4HYuGXQCcDQtwa+BKgt+ZjRn41WF9qulQ t3kAnjlSAA9aK1Vy0USzfw2HBV549BPT =3DeDzx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message