[AusNOG] Pokethernet cable tester

[Andrew Cox]

Having experimented with USB OTG to serial and USB OTG to Ethernet myself,
it's a much cleaner solution too.

USB OTG Setups from my testbench: http://imgur.com/a/jFBYr

That and the more advanced functionality as you've pointed out, requires
rooting the phone. I'm assuming this is less likely to occur if you phones
are supplied and managed by your workplace.

- Andrew


On 2 February 2014 18:33, James Hodgkinson <yaleman at ricetek.net> wrote:

> You'd get about 25% of the final product. Unless they've specifically got
> the circuitry in them, most adaptors (especially the cheapish USB ones)
> can't:
>
> - sense length of cable
> - let alone where it's broken
> - specific signal/cross wire issues
> - do tone generation for cable finding
>
> That's just the stuff off the top of my head... glad to be proven wrong
> though :)
>
> James
>
>
> On 2 February 2014 18:19, Dobbins, Roland <rdobbins at arbor.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Feb 2, 2014, at 7:29 AM, Jake Anderson <yahoo at vapourforge.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I'm about 80% on getting one.
>>
>> Out of curiosity, how much of what this smartphone-connected TDR does
>> could be accomplished via software on a rooted Android phone with a
>> microUSB-Ethernet adaptor or a USB OTG adaptor used in conjunction with a
>> USB Ethernet adaptor?
>>
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