On 2014-06-14 Sat 16:33 PM |, Christian Weisgerber wrote: > On 2014-06-14, Craig R. Skinner <skin...@britvault.co.uk> wrote: > > > To connect a Moxa 8 port serial card with octopus cable to an i386 > > serial port, do I need just a DB9 (2x female) gender changer, or a null > > modem cable/mini adapter as well? > > You need a null modem cable/adapter. A gender changer is of no > use. >
Thanks. A bag of these ordered from ebay.co.uk @ ?2ea (incl delivery) arrived today: DB9 RS232 Serial Null Modem Adapter - F/F http://www.startech.com/Cables/Serial-Parallel-PS-2/DB9-DB25/DB9-RS232-Serial-Null-Modem-Adapter-Female-to-Female~NM9FF Works for me, apart from last 2, but the card isn't listed as supported. /etc/remote: # ... # -------------------------------------------------------------- # General definitions used in :tc=XXX: capabilities below # direct:\ :dc: doshost:\ :oe=^Z:tc=unixhost: unixhost:\ :pa=none:br#9600:el=^U^C^R^O^D^S^Q:ie=%$:oe=^D: common:\ :tc=direct:tc=unixhost:be: # com0: # console (from teak) as per boot.conf console:dv=/dev/tty00:common: # com1: teak:dv=/dev/tty01:common: # No. 3 Moxa card port: oak:dv=/dev/tty04:common: # No. 4 Moxa card port: birch:dv=/dev/tty05:common: # No. 5 Moxa card port: hickory:dv=/dev/tty06:common: # No. 6 Moxa card port: ash:dv=/dev/tty07:common: # No. 7 Moxa card port: moxa07:dv=/dev/tty08:common: # No. 8 Moxa card port: moxa08:dv=/dev/tty09:common: # FIXME broken/unsupported (tried tty02, tty10->30) # tip moxa09 # /dev/tty10: Device not configured # link down # # From puc(4): # Moxa Technologies Co., Ltd. PCI I/O Card 4S (4 port serial) # Moxa Technologies Co., Ltd. C104H/PCI (4 port serial) # Moxa Technologies Co., Ltd. CP104/PCI (4 port serial) # # From dmesg: # puc0 at pci0 dev 18 function 0 "Moxa C168H" rev 0x01: ports: 8 com # # FIXME No. 9 Moxa card port: moxa09:dv=/dev/tty10:common: # FIXME No. 10 Moxa card port: moxa10:dv=/dev/tty11:common:
