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><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Chris Pollock <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Chris.Pollock@staff.pipenetworks.com">Chris.Pollock@staff.pipenetworks.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im"><br>
> <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><br>
</div>> 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.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> I see you're using the Ikea rack mount system. :)<br>
<br>
</div>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.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
--<br>
Chris Pollock<br>
Technical & Install Manager<br>
PIPE Networks Pty Ltd<br>
<br>
PPC-1 is now live!<br>
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> -----Original Message-----<br>
</div><div class="im">> From: <a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a><br>
</div><div><div></div><div class="h5">> [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>
> > Mobile : +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>
> >> Mobile : +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>
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