Re: [pfSense] Mini-USB console on new pfSense certified hardware

2016-08-02 Thread Karl Fife
On 8/1/2016 4:20 PM, Moshe Katz wrote: 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. Indeed. When something goes wrong, cognitive loads are high, and you don't want to be dickign around

Re: [pfSense] Mini-USB console on new pfSense certified hardware

2016-08-02 Thread WebDawg
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 7:03 PM, Jeremy Porter wrote: > There is an on-board UART to USB converter on the > RCC-VE/DFFv2/4860/8880/2440/2220. This is wired directly to the > chipset uart on the Rangely, at system voltage levels, not at RS232 > levels. (The USB convert chip

Re: [pfSense] Mini-USB console on new pfSense certified hardware

2016-08-01 Thread Jeremy Porter
There is an on-board UART to USB converter on the RCC-VE/DFFv2/4860/8880/2440/2220. This is wired directly to the chipset uart on the Rangely, at system voltage levels, not at RS232 levels. (The USB convert chip is cost comparable to a RS-232 voltage driver chip in cost, and has a smaller board

Re: [pfSense] Mini-USB console on new pfSense certified hardware

2016-08-01 Thread Moshe Katz
I don't have one of these myself yet, but they look to be based on the ADI RCC-VE 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

[pfSense] Mini-USB console on new pfSense certified hardware

2016-08-01 Thread Karl Fife
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