hey, On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 04:28:22PM +0100, Ebbe Hjorth wrote: > I have FreeBSD installed on the 5501, and got the little cable to use the > 2nd onboard com port. > > So i have setup FreeBSD to use com port 1 as console, and com port 2 for a > temperature sensor, but now i have a gsm modem, where do i connect that? > > I looked at a pci com port card, but at a cost of 150 euro, i hoped that > with your help, i can get it running a little cheaper, but a com port here > in 2009 is expensive :-( So should have saved all the old ones i had :) > > How do i get an ekstra or two com ports in my 5501?
The easiest way to expand the io ports is to use the onboard USB header. Likely, you'll find a simple way of hooking up the GSM or temperature sensor with USB, or you can get a USB -> serial dongle http://soekris.kd85.com/images/tn/dsc07879.jpg.html (So far, for example the USB TEMPerHUM dongle works more reliable than the GPIO based sensors... but that is mostly OS related ;-) There are also various cheap 4 port USB PCI cards you can use or even hook up a small USB hub: http://soekris.kd85.com/images/tn/dsc08082.jpg.html Wim. _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
