Answers inline: On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 10:13 PM ED Fochler <[email protected]> wrote:
> The long list of repeated characters matches reality well enough that I > would suspect a baud mismatch. Try 9600 or 38400 and see what you get. > Just did. Same story, but different garbage patterns. FWIW, the terminal programs act "read-only" on Mac OS but appear act both read-write from OpenBSD. This is to say, I see acknowledgement of my key presses from terminal in OpenBSD only. > > Can you verify your USB + null modem against any known-good equipment? Sadly I have no other equipment to test it with. I suspect I have a traditional RS-232 port at my office, so I will try my null modem with that one. > I use the keyspan USA-19HS. The serial adapters are finicky, and you > certainly could have a bad one. > Good to know. IIRC, that one uses FTDI chipset, which could be problematic from an OpenBSD host. I just put in an order for one to experiment with. Thank you for the prompt reply, Matt > > ED. > > > On 2015, May 11, at 3:35 PM, Matt T. Proud ⚔ <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > 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. 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 > > _______________________________________________ > > Soekris-tech mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > > _______________________________________________ > Soekris-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech >
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