Re: [Gumstix-users] QUICK NEWBIE SERIAL CABLE QUESTION

[Steve F. <st...@fo...>]

"Brown, David J (UMR-Student)" <dj...@um...> wrote:
> i used the serial null modem pinouts and its not working.

Try unplugging and replugging it repeatedly until it works.  The serial
jacks on the Waysmalls just don't seem to connect well with the plugs tha=
t
are out in the wild.  (One presumes that Gumstix's serial cable doesn't
have that problem.)

> before i redo the cable to serial modem instead, just going to ask what
> other people use.

DIN-8 to DB-25 cable, some kind of Mac printer cable, I think -> DB-25 to
DB-9 adapter -> DB-9 gender changer -> DB-9 null-modem adapter -> DB-9
cable.  A similarly baroque setup involving a DIN-8 to DB-9 adapter only
worked in one direction.

Not getting Gumstix's cable is really a false economy.