Firebox X700
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Sorry to hear you're not having any luck.
Just a quick thought reading back through the thread, you are using the front mounted com port yes?Steve
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Sorry to hear you're not having any luck.
Just a quick thought reading back through the thread, you are using the front mounted com port yes?Steve
Yes. I have read of people here using or making their own serial cable. Could it be possible the pin outs of the FB serial is not standard? ???
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Sorry to hear you're not having any luck.
Just a quick thought reading back through the thread, you are using the front mounted com port yes?Steve
Yes. I have read of people here using or making their own serial cable. Could it be possible the pin outs of the FB serial is not standard? ???
Are you sure you are using a null modem DB9 cable? The FB serial is standard. The people making cables was probably about PS/2 ports, VGA(e-series), etc
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Sorry to hear you're not having any luck.
Just a quick thought reading back through the thread, you are using the front mounted com port yes?Steve
Yes. I have read of people here using or making their own serial cable. Could it be possible the pin outs of the FB serial is not standard? ???
Are you sure you are using a null modem DB9 cable? The FB serial is standard. The people making cables was probably about PS/2 ports, VGA(e-series), etc
Casey - When you ask if i'm using a Null Modem DB9 cable what do you mean? Are there more than one version of this type of serial cable? Unfortunately there's no marking on this generic one and looking at the pin-out I have two female 9 pin ends.
One is marked L2 and the other is J2??? How can I test if I have the correct one?
Pin out numbering is:
L2 J2
–------- --------
\54321 / \54321 /
\9876/ \9876/ -
If you have access to a multimeter or continuity tester you can check it against the specs here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_modemSteve
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Update:
Succesfully installed a 1.2.3 4GB NANO image unto a 80GB 2.5" IDE drive and also found out the serial (DB9) cable I had was NOT a NULL version which is also why i had such a hard time with this install.
I am having slight issues trying to install the LCDProc package and not sure because this is NANO and cannot install packages or due to mounted as "Read" only for embedded??? ??? ???
Lastly, i installed an Intel Wireless Pro mini PCI card and succesfully detected the card. I have it installed as OPT1 and then bridged with LAN. Somehow if I go to "Interfaces" this is still showing as "link down" status and nothing I do can change it? ??? ???
Any Ideas?
thanks!
JD -
Much easier when you've got the right cable! :D
To get the lcd working you need a special version of lcdproc with the right driver. There's a whole thread on doing this. It's NOT a package you can install from the gui. Read through the thread, it's interesting anyway, before attempting to install it.
I tried to make a more consise set of instructions in my thread (the lcd package is the same for X-peak) and rolled up the newest driver into the tarball here.
Have you enabled the interface?
Steve
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Thank You Steve!
Now that was a lot better to follow instructions than all the threads! :) :) :)
Yay! LCD functional and backlight works as it should!!!
Nice… on to my second set of X700 ....
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Can somebody confirm that the lcd driver also works for the firebox x750e?
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Yep works great!
Have a look through the x550e thread for details on that box. (x550e, x750e, x1250e are the same)Steve
