I don't have one of these myself yet, but they look to be based on the ADI RCC-VE <http://www.adiengineering.com/products/rcc-ve-desktop-appliance/> platform. The documentation there suggests no way to get around needing the USB drivers.
It is implied in the manual for the board that the reason for this is to allow an FPGA serial console and a CPU serial console to share the same cable - it would just show up on the computer as two COM ports. The easiest solution I can think of offhand would be to get a small computer like a Raspberry Pi and use that as your Console-to-IP adapter. You could also use a set of USB over twisted pair adapters, but those aren't necessarily the most dependable pieces of hardware over long distances. Moshe -- Moshe Katz -- [email protected] -- +1(301)867-3732 On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 4:10 PM, Karl Fife <[email protected]> wrote: > USB HOST to RS232 adapter > > It appears that the new rangely-based pfSense certified hardware (2440, > 4860) has a mini-USB (client) port for console access. > > This "convenience" is ironic for us because I actually prefer RS232, > (because that's the interface everything else uses). As far as I know, I > can't buy a USB-to-RS232 adapter because the dongles you buy are all USB > *clients* (as is the router) therefore I couldn't connect a dongle adapter > to pfSense and connect with hardware RS232. > > The other irony is that the pfSense board doubtless has the UART right > there on the board ahead of the USB adapter. I wish there were a USB > Header I could grab. Can anyone say whether there's a way to grab serial > from the board directly? > > While this baked-in adapter may be in improvement for many, I'm guessing > it's as inconvenient others because RS232 is a standard handoff. > Everything else uses it, so we build solutions around it. With hardware > RS232, I can attach a Serial-to-IP adapter connected to our management > network, or I can run serial over twisted pair to a remote hardware serial > port. > > Any elegant solutions to this change? > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pfSense mailing list > https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list > Support the project with Gold! https://pfsense.org/gold > _______________________________________________ pfSense mailing list https://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list Support the project with Gold! https://pfsense.org/gold
