Hi all, I am writing to inquire if you have any tips into the following predicament:
I have a brand-new 6501 that I received from Soekris Europe. I just plugged in the null modem cable, added a Prolific PL2303 serial-to-USB adapter, connected to the Soekris, setup the terminal (19200; 8-bit data; no parity; 1 stop-bit; flow-control disabled), and booted the device. To my dismay, I get garbage over the terminal. I have tried GNU Screen and Serial <https://www.decisivetactics.com/products/serial/>. The PL2303 offers /dev/cu.usbserial and /dev/tty.usbserial, both of which I have tried. I have also cycled Screen and Serial through each of the supported bauds. I had been planning on installing OpenBSD to the host (am familiar with the 9600 baud reset I need to do) connected to a Mac OS X host (Yosemite), but I couldn't even see an intelligible boot screen to reset the the baud in the ComBIOS (CTRL+P). This screenshot will give you an idea of what I am getting at the factory connection settings: http://imgur.com/EucjEFn. I also, FWIW, setup OpenBSD on VirtualBox and used USB passthrough to speak to the Soekris. Same garbage: http://imgur.com/iPmKqnY. Any ideas? What should my next steps be? Is there some sort of a factory reset I can do? Could my unit be defective? As I mentioned, I have not been able to set any settings with the device. How likely is it that the Prolific PL2303 that I am using is faulty? Kindest regards, Matt
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