[AusNOG] iPhone serial port
Dmitri Kalintsev
dek735 at gmail.com
Fri Nov 5 13:51:21 EST 2010
Here's one more, this time it's an "Apple-approved" accessory, and
"Unlike other "iPhone serial cables" available on the internet, you don't
have to jailbreak your iPhone to use it."
Linky:
http://www.southernstars.com/products/skywire/index.html
On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Chris Pollock <
Chris.Pollock at staff.pipenetworks.com> wrote:
>
> > http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/10/28/1613227/The-iPhone
> -Serial-Port-Hack<http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/10/28/1613227/The-iPhone%0A-Serial-Port-Hack>
> > Congratulations - you made Slashdot!
>
> Oh look at that! I saw it on Zdnet and Computerworld AU yesterday, I
> was pretty pleased at the interest. I'm going to make a few more by
> hand, but hopefully I should have the some manufactured units to sell in
> a month.
>
> > I see you're using the Ikea rack mount system. :)
>
> Haha yes, I love my Lack! Super convenient way to keep a few small
> rackmount devices in your house. I think you had the right idea about
> the port on the device by the way. Despite nearly everyone requesting
> DB9, I think the right answer is pre-rolled RJ45 as you -always- have
> access to an Ethernet cable.
>
> --
> Chris Pollock
> Technical & Install Manager
> PIPE Networks Pty Ltd
>
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>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net
> > [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Brad Gould
> > Sent: Friday, 29 October 2010 12:47 PM
> > To: ausnog at ausnog.net
> > Subject: Re: [AusNOG] iPhone serial port
> >
>
> > On 27/10/2010 12:20, Chris Pollock wrote:
> > > The USB Sync cable won't do - there are only a few pins
> > connected. You need a fully populated dock connector (or at
> > least, the correct partially populated one which aren't for
> > sale generally).
> > >
> > > MAX-232 chips will do fine if you want to do it ghetto, you
> > just need the some capacitors to make them go.
> > >
> > > The apple side of things is TTL, yes.
> > > --
> > > Chris Pollock
> > > Technical& Install Manager
> > > PIPE Networks Pty Ltd
> > >
> > >
> > > PPC-1 is now live!
> > > 6900 km, 20 Months, 2.56 Tbps, 12.5 kilovolts, $200 Million
> > and 100% Australian Owned.
> > > http://www.pipeinternational.com
> > >
> > > Mobile : +61 4 1074 7765
> > > Phone : +61 7 3233 9813
> > > Fax : +61 7 3233 9885
> > > Web : www.pipenetworks.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: Sean K. Finn [mailto:sean.finn at ozservers.com.au]
> > >> Sent: Wednesday, 27 October 2010 11:43 AM
> > >> To: Chris Pollock; 'Andrew Fort'
> > >> Cc: 'ausnog at ausnog.net'
> > >> Subject: RE: [AusNOG] iPhone serial port
> > >>
> > >> I'm looking right at a munched up Rollover cable and a spare USB
> > >> synch cable and thinking that this afternoon I might try
> > to merge the
> > >> two.. :)
> > >>
> > >> The RS232 -> TTL converter looks like the hard bit, but I
> > >> *DO* have a whole bunch of MAX-232 Chips sitting here that
> > might do
> > >> the job.. (Jaycar, 5 bucks).
> > >>
> > >> Is the Apple side of things TTL ?
> > >> (not time to live, TTL basically means 5 volt Microchip
> > >> communications standard thing for the un initiated that does NOT
> > >> resemble serial).
> > >>
> > >> S.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: Chris Pollock [mailto:Chris.Pollock at staff.pipenetworks.com]
> > >> Sent: Wednesday, 27 October 2010 11:40 AM
> > >> To: Sean K. Finn; Andrew Fort
> > >> Cc: ausnog at ausnog.net
> > >> Subject: RE: [AusNOG] iPhone serial port
> > >>
> > >> Actually they're not - the article is not entirely correct.
> > >> They have finished the design, but Apple won't give their approval
> > >> for them. I actually looked at importing and distributing these
> > >> myself earlier in the year. The difference there is that
> > they have
> > >> the Apple authentication chip in them to let them enable the UART,
> > >> and will have a proper app in the app store to do it.
> > >>
> > >> My version requires jailbreaking to get hardware access and the
> > >> appropriate OpenSSH/Minicom install.
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Chris Pollock
> > >> Technical& Install Manager
> > >> PIPE Networks Pty Ltd
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> PPC-1 is now live!
> > >> 6900 km, 20 Months, 2.56 Tbps, 12.5 kilovolts, $200
> > Million and 100%
> > >> Australian Owned.
> > >> http://www.pipeinternational.com
> > >>
> > >> Mobile : +61 4 1074 7765
> > >> Phone : +61 7 3233 9813
> > >> Fax : +61 7 3233 9885
> > >> Web : www.pipenetworks.com
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> -----Original Message-----
> > >>> From: Sean K. Finn [mailto:sean.finn at ozservers.com.au]
> > >>> Sent: Wednesday, 27 October 2010 11:36 AM
> > >>> To: 'Andrew Fort'; Chris Pollock
> > >>> Cc: 'ausnog at ausnog.net'
> > >>> Subject: RE: [AusNOG] iPhone serial port
> > >>>
> > >>> These are available commercially btw.
> > >>>
> > >>> http://www.slashgear.com/redpark-serial-cable-for-iphoneipod-t
> > >> ouchipad-outed-1173756/
> > >>>
> > >>> Or you could just munch up a USB Synch cable.
> > >>>
> > >>> S
> > >>>
> > >>> -----Original Message-----
> > >>> From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net
> > >>> [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Andrew Fort
> > >>> Sent: Wednesday, 27 October 2010 11:23 AM
> > >>> To: Chris Pollock
> > >>> Cc: ausnog at ausnog.net
> > >>> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] iPhone serial port
> > >>>
> > >>> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Chris Pollock
> > >>> <Chris.Pollock at staff.pipenetworks.com> wrote:
> > >>>> Hi,
> > >>>> I just finished something I thought some of you might be
> > >> interested
> > >>>> in; a usable serial port for an iPhone/iPad/iTouch. All
> > >>> iDevices have
> > >>>> a serial port built into the dock connector, but it doesn't do
> > >>>> anything useful out of the box. All you need is a dock
> > >>> connector, a
> > >>>> 470kOhm resistor, some wire, a soldering iron, a console
> > >>> cable and an RS232 -> TTL converter.
> > >>>
> > >>> Nice work! I wonder if you'd get that through an airport
> > security
> > >>> checkpoint for a remote job, though? ;-)
> > >>>
> > >>> -a
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