[AusNOG] iPhone serial port

[James Paussa]

"SkyWire will be available in December 2010."

I hear it might be bundled with Duke Nukem Forever.

-James.

On Fri, November 5, 2010 12:51 pm, Dmitri Kalintsev wrote:
> 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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