**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Mon Apr 03 09:59:59 2006
Apr 03 10:14:22 <marceln> Hi  rwhitby
Apr 03 10:14:37 <marceln> Do you know why cvs on sf isn't working.
Apr 03 10:14:55 <marceln> I get a ssh connection refused and there ssh is down.
Apr 03 10:15:02 <rwhitby> there is a site outage listed on the sf status page.  hardware failure apparently
Apr 03 10:16:54 <marceln> Thanks
Apr 03 11:31:23 <Lacsi> hi
Apr 03 11:32:41 <Lacsi> is there any way of controlling the leds of the nslu2 under unsunlg 5.5? i found info for openslug only
Apr 03 17:12:54 <evildevil> hi, i'm trying to connect a cell phone to usb cable (pl2303) to the internal serial port of my nslu2. i'm not sure about the pins coming from the usb cable... is it safe to just try to connect them to the serial port an see if there's something useful through the cable? or could i damage my nslu2?
Apr 03 17:13:46 <dwery> evildevil: you cannot connect an usb cable to the serial port..
Apr 03 17:15:05 <ByronT> the pl2303 is the usb-serial connector that I've used in the past... but the phone side of the cable is connected to the internal serial port
Apr 03 17:15:22 <ByronT> so I'm not sure where you would plug in the phone
Apr 03 17:15:56 <evildevil> uhmm.. i just wanted to add a serial port as described on the wiki
Apr 03 17:16:21 <ByronT> so how do you plug a phone into that?
Apr 03 17:16:41 <evildevil> i want to connect the cell phone side of the usb-to-cell phone cable to the internal serial port and the usb side into my pc :)
Apr 03 17:16:59 <evildevil> i think i was explaining it wrong ... 
Apr 03 17:17:26 <ByronT> ah, ok (yes the explanation was a little funky)
Apr 03 17:17:49 <evildevil> like    NSLU2 internal Serial Port <----- PL2303 -----< USB <--- PC
Apr 03 17:18:21 <ByronT> since pl2303 cables (phone side) can differ, I've always used a PL2303 reference sheet to determine which pins go where
Apr 03 17:18:55 <evildevil> okay.. i'll try that.. i think i saw the url for the datasheet somewhere around :)
Apr 03 17:19:14 <ByronT> http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/HowTo/AddASerialPort  <- that shows the pin out of J2
Apr 03 17:19:26 <ByronT> Pin 1 is *not* used
Apr 03 17:19:57 <ByronT> RXD of J2 plugs into Tx of the PL-2303, TXD of J2 plugs intos Rx of the PL-2303, etc....
Apr 03 17:20:23 <evildevil> thanks ByronT  :)
Apr 03 17:20:30 <ByronT> http://www.prolific.com.tw/eng/downloads.asp?ID=23
Apr 03 17:23:05 <evildevil> so, i'm going to need Pin 5 (RXD), Pin 1 (TXD) and Pin 7 or 21 (GND)
Apr 03 17:23:33 <ByronT> just find out what pads on the dongles are connected to those pins
Apr 03 17:24:25 <evildevil> using a multimeter, this would mean, that the resistance is 0 ohm, right?
Apr 03 17:24:38 <ByronT> last time I checked.....  ;)
Apr 03 17:27:05 * evildevil .oO( no drinkin' coffee before doing such fiddling )
Apr 03 17:33:16 <evildevil> okay, i finally got it :)
Apr 03 17:33:47 <evildevil> thanks again, ByronT 
Apr 03 17:35:26 <ByronT> np
Apr 03 18:04:47 <evildevil> hmmm.. i connected the pl2303 cable to the nslu2 and to my pc. how do i see if it works? i just started picocom -b 115200 /dev/ttyUSB0 (as suggested on the wiki), and booted the slug, but nothing happens :(
Apr 03 18:06:24 <evildevil> ByronT, RXD on the PL2303 = RXD (Pin 2) on the slug or is it vice-verse?
Apr 03 18:20:19 <ByronT> rxd on the PL-2303 = Tx on the slug
Apr 03 18:20:35 <evildevil> damn... RXD on PL2303 = TX on the slug.. just changed the wires :)
Apr 03 18:21:01 <ByronT> the PL-2303 receives what the slug transmits (and transmits for the slug to receive)
Apr 03 18:21:59 <evildevil>  yup. 
Apr 03 18:22:39 <evildevil> well. it's working now :)
Apr 03 20:48:32 * mucsleber is away - zzzzz -(21:55:46 p:on)7,2 -t0e7- 
Apr 03 20:54:06 <Monteverde> Any news on the Unslung 6.x beta? How far away is it?
Apr 03 20:58:49 <mwester> No word.  Source & binary are in the release process, we await the arrival of the downloadable binary on the web site at this point.
Apr 03 20:59:24 <mwester> I was hoping it would be out this past weekend, actually.
Apr 03 21:01:58 <Monteverde> ok, looking good
Apr 03 21:13:17 <ByronT> mwester, sorry about that
Apr 03 21:13:34 <ByronT> funeral and sickliness in my household this past weekend
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