Neil, your prediction will, unfortunately probably come true. Your concern was debated before the FlexWire physical connector was selected. In the end, the decision was made to use a 9-pin d-sub connector (that is used for serial connections, but not exclusively), but orient the connector upside down from a standard serial implementation and provide a warning label to prevent incorrect usage. So the back panel is CLEARLY labeled not to connect a serial cable to the FlexWire port. Hopefully this will be a sufficient deterrent.
Also, blocking the holes in the d-sub connector would work, but if you wanted to build a FlexWire device, then you have to find a special d-sub male plug that has the correct pins missing. That would be an impediment for people wanting to innovate by building FlexWire devices. -Tim ---- -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neal Campbell Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 11:17 AM To: FlexRadio List Subject: [Flexradio] Flex 5000a flexwire plug I can already predict a lot of people will be plugging serial port cables into the db 9 female port on the 5000a. Do you need all 9 signals on the port? If not, why not put a stop in one of the holes so an OEM male db9 will not fit? I assume that we will be buying devices that include the cable and they can just snip off whatever signal you block on the plug. Otherwise, will there be any damage if we accidently connect a computer to the flex wire port? If you have engineered it so there wil be no damage, then the need for enforced vigilance decreases dramatically. 73 Neal -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/pipermail/flexradio_flex-radio.biz/attachment s/20070708/41021474/attachment.html _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
