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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I saw that one announced this week, it’s
a Redpark design commissioned by Southern Stars. I’ve been hearing ‘it
will be here next month’ since February. The problem with ‘apple
approved, don’t need to jailbreak’ serial ports is that they have
to have applications that use them to go with them. It’s part of the
rules for making Apple Approved hardware accessories.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Without a terminal program, which you only
get from jailbreaking, I guess I don’t see the point. Unless
someone wants to write an app-store approved terminal application? Any
iDevs on AusNOG interested?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The SkyWire looks perfect for that
application, although it kind of defeats the purpose of it when you have a massive
cable hanging off it, then needing to put a regular console cable on the end.
For me anyway, the point of the iPhone serial port was to have a tiny adapter I
could leave in my bag and plug in any old cat5 cable.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>But more power to ‘em!
Hopefully we’ll see some more serial accessories in the coming months if
this one makes it to market.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
Dmitri Kalintsev [mailto:dek735@gmail.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, 5 November 2010 1:51
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Chris Pollock<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> ausnog@ausnog.net<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [AusNOG] iPhone
serial port</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Here's one more, this
time it's an "Apple-approved" accessory, and<br>
<br>
"Unlike other "iPhone serial cables" available on the internet,
you don't have to jailbreak your iPhone to use it."<br>
<br>
Linky:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.southernstars.com/products/skywire/index.html">http://www.southernstars.com/products/skywire/index.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Chris Pollock <<a
href="mailto:Chris.Pollock@staff.pipenetworks.com">Chris.Pollock@staff.pipenetworks.com</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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> <a
href="http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/10/28/1613227/The-iPhone%0A-Serial-Port-Hack"
target="_blank">http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/10/28/1613227/The-iPhone<br>
-Serial-Port-Hack</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>> Congratulations - you made Slashdot!<br>
<br>
Oh look at that! I saw it on Zdnet and Computerworld AU yesterday, I<br>
was pretty pleased at the interest. I'm going to make a few more by<br>
hand, but hopefully I should have the some manufactured units to sell in<br>
a month.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
> I see you're using the Ikea rack mount system. :)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Haha yes, I love my Lack! Super convenient way to keep a few
small<br>
rackmount devices in your house. I think you had the right idea about<br>
the port on the device by the way. Despite nearly everyone requesting<br>
DB9, I think the right answer is pre-rolled RJ45 as you -always- have<br>
access to an Ethernet cable.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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--<br>
Chris Pollock<br>
Technical & Install Manager<br>
PIPE Networks Pty Ltd<br>
<br>
PPC-1 is now live!<br>
6900 km, 20 Months, 2.56 Tbps, 12.5 kilovolts, $200 Million and 100%<br>
Australian Owned.<br>
<a href="http://www.pipeinternational.com" target="_blank">http://www.pipeinternational.com</a><br>
<br>
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mobile</st1:place></st1:City> :
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Phone : +61 7 3233 9813<br>
Fax : +61 7 3233 9885<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>> From: <a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>> [mailto:<a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a>]
On Behalf Of Brad Gould<br>
> Sent: Friday, 29 October 2010 12:47 PM<br>
> To: <a href="mailto:ausnog@ausnog.net">ausnog@ausnog.net</a><br>
> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] iPhone serial port<br>
><br>
<br>
> On 27/10/2010 12:20, Chris Pollock wrote:<br>
> > The USB Sync cable won't do - there are only a few pins<br>
> connected. You need a fully populated dock connector (or at<br>
> least, the correct partially populated one which aren't for<br>
> sale generally).<br>
> ><br>
> > MAX-232 chips will do fine if you want to do it ghetto, you<br>
> just need the some capacitors to make them go.<br>
> ><br>
> > The apple side of things is TTL, yes.<br>
> > --<br>
> > Chris Pollock<br>
> > Technical& Install Manager<br>
> > PIPE Networks Pty Ltd<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > PPC-1 is now live!<br>
> > 6900 km, 20 Months, 2.56 Tbps, 12.5 kilovolts, $200 Million<br>
> and 100% Australian Owned.<br>
> > <a href="http://www.pipeinternational.com" target="_blank">http://www.pipeinternational.com</a><br>
> ><br>
> > <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mobile</st1:place></st1:City>
: +61 4 1074 7765<br>
> > Phone : +61 7 3233 9813<br>
> > Fax : +61 7 3233 9885<br>
> > Web : <a href="http://www.pipenetworks.com"
target="_blank">www.pipenetworks.com</a><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> >> -----Original Message-----<br>
> >> From: Sean K. Finn [mailto:<a
href="mailto:sean.finn@ozservers.com.au">sean.finn@ozservers.com.au</a>]<br>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, 27 October 2010 11:43 AM<br>
> >> To: Chris Pollock; 'Andrew Fort'<br>
> >> Cc: '<a href="mailto:ausnog@ausnog.net">ausnog@ausnog.net</a>'<br>
> >> Subject: RE: [AusNOG] iPhone serial port<br>
> >><br>
> >> I'm looking right at a munched up Rollover cable and a spare USB<br>
> >> synch cable and thinking that this afternoon I might try<br>
> to merge the<br>
> >> two.. :)<br>
> >><br>
> >> The RS232 -> TTL converter looks like the hard bit, but
I<br>
> >> *DO* have a whole bunch of MAX-232 Chips sitting here that<br>
> might do<br>
> >> the job.. (Jaycar, 5 bucks).<br>
> >><br>
> >> Is the Apple side of things TTL ?<br>
> >> (not time to live, TTL basically means 5 volt Microchip<br>
> >> communications standard thing for the un initiated that does NOT<br>
> >> resemble serial).<br>
> >><br>
> >> S.<br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >> -----Original Message-----<br>
> >> From: Chris Pollock [mailto:<a
href="mailto:Chris.Pollock@staff.pipenetworks.com">Chris.Pollock@staff.pipenetworks.com</a>]<br>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, 27 October 2010 11:40 AM<br>
> >> To: Sean K. Finn; Andrew Fort<br>
> >> Cc: <a href="mailto:ausnog@ausnog.net">ausnog@ausnog.net</a><br>
> >> Subject: RE: [AusNOG] iPhone serial port<br>
> >><br>
> >> Actually they're not - the article is not entirely correct.<br>
> >> They have finished the design, but Apple won't give their
approval<br>
> >> for them. I actually looked at importing and distributing
these<br>
> >> myself earlier in the year. The difference there is that<br>
> they have<br>
> >> the Apple authentication chip in them to let them enable the
UART,<br>
> >> and will have a proper app in the app store to do it.<br>
> >><br>
> >> My version requires jailbreaking to get hardware access and the<br>
> >> appropriate OpenSSH/Minicom install.<br>
> >><br>
> >> --<br>
> >> Chris Pollock<br>
> >> Technical& Install Manager<br>
> >> PIPE Networks Pty Ltd<br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >> PPC-1 is now live!<br>
> >> 6900 km, 20 Months, 2.56 Tbps, 12.5 kilovolts, $200<br>
> Million and 100%<br>
> >> Australian Owned.<br>
> >> <a href="http://www.pipeinternational.com" target="_blank">http://www.pipeinternational.com</a><br>
> >><br>
> >> <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mobile</st1:place></st1:City>
: +61 4 1074 7765<br>
> >> Phone : +61 7 3233 9813<br>
> >> Fax : +61 7 3233 9885<br>
> >> Web : <a href="http://www.pipenetworks.com"
target="_blank">www.pipenetworks.com</a><br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >><br>
> >>> -----Original Message-----<br>
> >>> From: Sean K. Finn [mailto:<a
href="mailto:sean.finn@ozservers.com.au">sean.finn@ozservers.com.au</a>]<br>
> >>> Sent: Wednesday, 27 October 2010 11:36 AM<br>
> >>> To: 'Andrew Fort'; Chris Pollock<br>
> >>> Cc: '<a href="mailto:ausnog@ausnog.net">ausnog@ausnog.net</a>'<br>
> >>> Subject: RE: [AusNOG] iPhone serial port<br>
> >>><br>
> >>> These are available commercially btw.<br>
> >>><br>
> >>> <a
href="http://www.slashgear.com/redpark-serial-cable-for-iphoneipod-t"
target="_blank">http://www.slashgear.com/redpark-serial-cable-for-iphoneipod-t</a><br>
> >> ouchipad-outed-1173756/<br>
> >>><br>
> >>> Or you could just munch up a USB Synch cable.<br>
> >>><br>
> >>> S<br>
> >>><br>
> >>> -----Original Message-----<br>
> >>> From: <a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a><br>
> >>> [mailto:<a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a>]
On Behalf Of Andrew Fort<br>
> >>> Sent: Wednesday, 27 October 2010 11:23 AM<br>
> >>> To: Chris Pollock<br>
> >>> Cc: <a href="mailto:ausnog@ausnog.net">ausnog@ausnog.net</a><br>
> >>> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] iPhone serial port<br>
> >>><br>
> >>> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Chris Pollock<br>
> >>> <<a href="mailto:Chris.Pollock@staff.pipenetworks.com">Chris.Pollock@staff.pipenetworks.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
> >>>> Hi,<br>
> >>>> I just finished something I thought some of you might be<br>
> >> interested<br>
> >>>> in; a usable serial port for an iPhone/iPad/iTouch.
All<br>
> >>> iDevices have<br>
> >>>> a serial port built into the dock connector, but it
doesn't do<br>
> >>>> anything useful out of the box. All you need is a
dock<br>
> >>> connector, a<br>
> >>>> 470kOhm resistor, some wire, a soldering iron, a console<br>
> >>> cable and an RS232 -> TTL converter.<br>
> >>><br>
> >>> Nice work! I wonder if you'd get that through an
airport<br>
> security<br>
> >>> checkpoint for a remote job, though? ;-)<br>
> >>><br>
> >>> -a<br>
> >>> _______________________________________________<br>
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> >>><br>
> >><br>
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