SG-1100 "Bricked" after upgrade
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@stusmith What are you seeing in your serial console?
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@kom I'm not actually able to connect via console. That's my problem :(
I downloaded the SILabs drivers, but am not able to get the connection to work. When I type "screen COM3 115200", Terminal tells me, "Cannot exec COM3".
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@stusmith You're connecting via USB correct? You would have to use a USB port. I'm not a Mac guy so I can't help you with that but on my Linux box I would use something like putty to connect to /dev/ttyUSB0.
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@kom Yeah I'm using USB. You make a good point. Maybe I can spin up a Linux VM on my Mac and try it that way. #things_work_better_in_Linux ;)
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@stusmith That won't solve your problem. The Netgate page says that for Mac you should look to connect to something like this:
/dev/cu.SLAB_USBtoUART
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@kom this seems to be the root of my problem. I installed the SILab driver, but this particular driver "cu.SLAB_xxx" doesn't show up in /dev/. The only one I have is "cu.Bluetooth-Incoming-Port".
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@stusmith Do you have any other type of computer you could use? I can't help you with Mac driver issues. Perhaps a Linux live boot disc might do the trick.
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@kom Good question. I tried this on a Windows 10 PC and Putty, but couldn't get virtual COM drivers working there either.
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@kom I like the Linux live boot option as well (from a flashdrive--who has CD-ROM these days)?
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@bigsy quick update, "Serial" worked flawlessly!
I got my Netgate back in operation.
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Serial = (virtual) COM Port, yes
Bricked = kinda depends on how "bricked" bricked was...but it wasn't bricked so bad it became a door stop. :)
