Phew - Got it working. It seems most guides about the wiring are incorrect.
This page is wrong http://www.tomjudge.com/index.php/SS4000-E/Serial_Cable This page has the correct wiring - http://projects.kwaak.net/twiki/bin/view/EM7210/SerialConsoleCable At least the bottom part. I soldered 3=3, 5=2 and 9=5. The LHS side is the pins from the DL10 side and the RHS. Now I am getting the redboot output on the console. I hope this helps someone else. This setup seems to use non-standard wiring for the null modem cable. Is most embedded systems like this? Kind of a guessing game? Thought serial cables were standard. regards > What I don't understand is why one would work and not the other if > we're (re)soldering the wires ourselves? > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Dec 27, 2009, at 5:06 PM, "JF Straeten" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> Hi Mark, >> >> On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 05:51:32PM +0200, [email protected] >> wrote: >> >>> Just a quick question. Do I need to have the linux arm kernel >>> installed >>> via tftp before the serial console shows any output? I should think >>> not >>> and that the redboot? loader would output text to the console by >>> default? >>> Is this correct? >> >> Yes, it's correct. >> >> It's not easy to find a suitable cable. I have tried with three of >> them before finding the right one. They were supposedly "standard" >> serial PC bracket cables, but whith the first two, I had only some >> garbage on the screen. >> >> Good luck, >> >> >> -- >> >> J.-F. Straeten >> >> --- >> Mutt 1.5.18 - Debian GNU/Linux > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [email protected] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
