[AusNOG] Retailers who stock USB-to-serial adaptors?

Thu Feb 14 12:14:28 EST 2013

There is!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=slickdevlabs.apps.usbtoserialterm

No custom cable/adapter needed, just a micro usb host cable (aka USB OTG)

cheers,
Rob

On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Simon Kong Win Chang
<simon at skaccess.com>wrote:

> anything similar for android by any chance?
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 7:25 AM, Matt Perkins <matt at spectrum.com.au>wrote:
>
>> This ipad/phone based solution is  very cool. We have them rolled out for
>> all our ops' and resellers.
>>
>> http://www.get-console.com/
>>
>> Very Very handy and much lighter/more battery  then laptop in most cases.
>>
>>
>> Matt.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 14/02/13 10:21 AM, Jake Anderson wrote:
>>
>>> pshaw, real men use 2 terminals, tail and echo > /dev/ttyfoo
>>> (no internet makes installing serial packages hard, need serial packages
>>> to get internet....)
>>>
>>>
>>> On 13/02/13 22:21, Tim March wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Any dongle with a Prolific PL2303 chipset (such as those sold by
>>>> Jaycar) will be reasonably compatible with most OS'.
>>>>
>>>> The default Ubuntu/CentOS kernel will talk to them and OSX will talk to
>>>> them with something like https://github.com/berg/osx-**pl2303<https://github.com/berg/osx-pl2303>
>>>>
>>>> Kermit is the go if you've got hair on your chest and Minicom will work
>>>> if you dig on mothers milk =)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> T.
>>>>
>>>> On 13/02/13 9:39 PM, James Hodgkinson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Well, only accept the ATEN brand ones in my experience - from any
>>>>> seller... though I guess I've been lucky in the past with MSY. I've
>>>>> had ones from Jaycar that I ended up taking back for driver issues
>>>>> etc. :S
>>>>>
>>>>> James
>>>>>
>>>>> On 13 February 2013 21:05, John Lindsay <JLindsay at internode.com.au>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> And you can live with the possibility that it will be some random
>>>>>> piece of crap that needs a special driver.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Still annoyed that I didn't test a 32GB SD card before I left the
>>>>>> store a few weeks ago.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Went to use it in a picture frame and my Mac won't talk to it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Given that it was brand-name I assume it's dodgy as per bunny's blog
>>>>>> (worth Googling and reading).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Haven't bothered trying to take it back.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> jsl
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 13/02/2013, at 9:05 PM, James Hodgkinson <yaleman at ricetek.net>
>>>>>>   wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Msy if the job's not too early :)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 13 February 2013 20:10, Joshua D'Alton <joshua at railgun.com.au>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Side joke, are you sure it is the cable that is faulty and not the
>>>>>>>> <insert
>>>>>>>> whichever brand would most likely to be broken or for this to have
>>>>>>>> the most
>>>>>>>> comedic value> router? </has had that problem>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 9:07 PM, Joshua D'Alton <
>>>>>>>> joshua at railgun.com.au>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> DSE, JBHI, Hardly Normal possibly.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 8:51 PM, Mattia Rossi
>>>>>>>>> <mattia.rossi.mailinglists@**gmail.com<mattia.rossi.mailinglists at gmail.com>>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> That should do it:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> http://www.jaycar.com.au/**productView.asp?ID=XC4834<http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=XC4834>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> http://www.jaycar.com.au/**stores.asp<http://www.jaycar.com.au/stores.asp>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Mat
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Am 13.02.2013 10:47, schrieb Paul Gear:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>  Hi folks,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I've just realised that my USB-to-serial adaptor that stays in
>>>>>>>>>>> my laptop
>>>>>>>>>>> bag is faulty and i have a job to use it on tomorrow. Which
>>>>>>>>>>> brick & mortar
>>>>>>>>>>> retailers are most likely to stock them?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>> Paul
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