On 02/14/2013 02:41 AM, Chirag Chhatriwala wrote: > I haven't performed a serial connection ever so I do not know which > cable works best for connecting to the serial port on the E4200v1. > Most USB Serial cables have 9 pins and I don't think I can attach such a > cable to my router. > > I think I am looking for a 4 or 5 pin cable, preferably tailored for my > device. Any advice? > > Chirag > > > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 4:46 PM, Hauke Mehrtens <ha...@hauke-m.de > <mailto:ha...@hauke-m.de>> wrote: > > On 02/13/2013 10:33 PM, Chirag Chhatriwala wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I've notcied a huge deal of progress with bgmac in the recent > month and > > was willing to help bring support for the E4200v1. I own one of these > > devices but I'm not too familiar with the entire driver process. > Also, I > > haven't flashed anything via serial/uart or JTAG as I'm simply > familiar > > with flashing via tftp method. > > > > I've reached out to Rafal and Nathan for advice as well. > > > > Firstly, I wanted to know if there is anyone who owns one of these and > > can help with enabling OpenWrt support. I can certainly help in > any way > > I can. I'm sure there are several folks out there who own one of these > > and I could mean a lot to revive their E4200v1 with OpenWrt support. > > > > I simply wish I had another one of these to donate to the OpenWrt devs > > for the cause. > > > > Thanks, > > Chirag > > > Hi Chirag, > > Your device should work, at least Ethernet wifi probably not. When you > have a serial console connected to your device just flash OpenWrt or > boot it from the network and report your results. > You need a TTL with 3.3Volt, do not use the normal serial connector used in desktop PCs is uses 12 Volt.
Here is a good description: http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/hardware/port.serial Hauke _______________________________________________ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
