APU2C4 cannot connect console
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Hello,
per recommendation here I bought an APU2C4 and now I'm trying to set it up.
I have my NULL MODEM cable with a USB adapter (chipset: CH341), but I can't seem to be able to connect to it from neither a OSx or a Windows 10 machine.Any idea what else could I try?
M.
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http://www.pcengines.info/
Namely, it appears the USB chip is POS.
http://www.pcengines.info/forums/?page=post&id=C286181B-0B49-47A8-A683-586246E0E643&fid=DF5ACB70-99C4-4C61-AFA6-4C0E0DB05B2A
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http://www.pcengines.info/
Namely, it appears the USB chip is POS.
http://www.pcengines.info/forums/?page=post&id=C286181B-0B49-47A8-A683-586246E0E643&fid=DF5ACB70-99C4-4C61-AFA6-4C0E0DB05B2A
Sorry but what is POS?
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@mtk:
http://www.pcengines.info/
Namely, it appears the USB chip is POS.
http://www.pcengines.info/forums/?page=post&id=C286181B-0B49-47A8-A683-586246E0E643&fid=DF5ACB70-99C4-4C61-AFA6-4C0E0DB05B2A
Sorry but what is POS?
It means it has a reputation for being unreliable. It may even work fine at lower data rates but choke at the 115200 console speed of the APU2. (You are running the console at 115200 8N1?)
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@mtk:
http://www.pcengines.info/
Namely, it appears the USB chip is POS.
http://www.pcengines.info/forums/?page=post&id=C286181B-0B49-47A8-A683-586246E0E643&fid=DF5ACB70-99C4-4C61-AFA6-4C0E0DB05B2A
Sorry but what is POS?
It means it has a reputation for being unreliable. It may even work fine at lower data rates but choke at the 115200 console speed of the APU2. (You are running the console at 115200 8N1?)
Unreliable?!
yes I tried @ 115200 8N1.
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@mtk:
Unreliable?!
Junk. Garbage. Shit. Crap.
https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd/blob/master/sys/dev/usb/serial/uchcom.c
/* * Driver for WinChipHead CH341/340, the worst USB-serial chip in the * world. */Enough said. Do NOT buy this stuff.
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@mtk:
Unreliable?!
Junk. Garbage. Shit. Crap.
https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd/blob/master/sys/dev/usb/serial/uchcom.c
/* * Driver for WinChipHead CH341/340, the worst USB-serial chip in the * world. */Enough said. Do NOT buy this stuff.
So it's just the cable… I'm relieved... :)
Any recommendation for better one?
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FTDI (not the fake ones).
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FTDI (not the fake ones).
Do you have a link to a specific product?
preferably a store in the EU…Thanks!
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serial adapter RS232-USB FDTI-type /DeLock 61460
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@mtk:
FTDI (not the fake ones).
Do you have a link to a specific product?
preferably a store in the EU…Thanks!
Perhaps from Amazon.de it would be the best to buy this one here, it is not shiny, not nice looking but well working together
with Alix, APU and Jetway boards! A Nullmodem cable and a serial to USB 2.0 adapter, as a bundle. Serial console bundle
~16 Euros It works with pfSense, RotuerOS and MikroTik RBs, IPFire, SmoothWall, mOnOwall and ClearOS out of
the box without any problems.On Windows 7 please install Putty and then on all three sides must be used 115200 8N1, this means on the
pfSense this is the default and it must be set now only at the putty and the BIOS of the APU board, and safe it. -
Late to the party but I love this USB/Serial adapter: http://a.co/izusaxl
I've got a couple of them and they've been great to me. Plus, blinkenlights.That, along a null modem cable (or straight serial + null modem adapter). Be sure you have the correct connector gender on both ends.
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Why not just get the cable direct from PC Engines that's made for it?
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Why not just get the cable direct from PC Engines that's made for it?
Extra points for "mildew-brained operating systems."
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Why not just get the cable direct from PC Engines that's made for it?
Extra points for "mildew-brained operating systems."
Ya lost me…..
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Why not just get the cable direct from PC Engines that's made for it?
Extra points for "mildew-brained operating systems."
Ya lost me…..
Verbatim quote from the pcengines link you posted.
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Heh, I missed that. ;D
