Database Users

Making a serial cable?!?!

Your guide to making serial cable is a bit iffy! You say we shall call this pin number 1 but we haven't got any confirmation about this... Is it pin 1 or not - doesn't fill me with confidence
Is it possible to make a USB to serial adaptor cable? I assume not as there arn't enough wires on the USB cable but I'm not familiar with this at all - yet!!
I've searched the web for a guide to serial cable pin layout but I can't find anything anymore.
Might just go and buy one and hope for the best.
Cheers
Fud

Also...
Can see anywhere if you can use a laptop to connect via IR com1 and unlock the xda with Manipulator.

IR port is not active.
So no this is not possible.

Can anybody help?
I still cannot get this to work. I have made my serial cable using a null modem cable and the board inside the O2 cradle. I have used a circuit tester to find the continuity between the actual XDA connector and the power connector for the cradle (con2 i think) - It has all the relevent pins for the serial connection.
Manipulator sits on the scanning ports screen and ActiveSync seems to be stuck in a loop but does not connect. I have obviously disabled ActiveSync b4 trying to connect with Manipulator and vice versa.
I have also attempted to rewire this as advised by one of you on another forum - using just the TX RX and GND pins as I am only trying to unlock the phone. This still does not work.
If somebody could send me a diagram of the serial connection it would help because the instructions here are a little vague. With just TX and RX connections I have wired up as so:
Com Port------------XDA----------------Con2
2-----------------------8-----------------5th connector from left
3----------------------10----------------7th from left
5-----------------------2-----------------1st from left
Also looking down on the circuit board with con1 away from you and con2 toward you. Con1 Pin 1 is on the right - right?!
I could go and buy the cable but to be honest I would probably just go and get a new phone on O2 to use that sim. I would really like to get somewhere on this coz it's now annoying!

Working
Sweet, Sweet, Sweet.
Didn't work with Manipulator but works with terminal prog??
I am now unlocked
Radio 4.06
Wallaby 5.15
Dunno if there is a prob with it - but just to let you know...
THX

Pinouts for the xda mini / imate

Hi guys, my 1st post here ,: here goes :, can anyone help me out on the pinouts for the imate jam / xda min . what i want to do if its possible is to sync via a serial cable from my laptop ( does not have usb on it ) to my imate, i know the 5v charging wont be ther but just want it for syncing , hope that make sense
cheers

webtronix said:
Hi guys, my 1st post here ,: here goes :, can anyone help me out on the pinouts for the imate jam / xda min . what i want to do if its possible is to sync via a serial cable from my laptop ( does not have usb on it ) to my imate, i know the 5v charging wont be ther but just want it for syncing , hope that make sense
cheers
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The connector is a standard mini-usb port:
it has only four pins +V USB+ USB- GND.
It does not carry serial port signals.

Could you use wireless instead?
V

yup, you can sync via wireless or over bluetooth....

Bluetooth might be a problem if he's got no usb. But he might be able to get a usb pcmciacard or bluetooth or wireless card.
V

You could add USB ports to your laptop pretty cheaply.
eg http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?Quicklinx=3V5S is £14 and has firewire too. (by the looks of it, the description is somewhat lacking!)
Jamie

Using RS232<->USB Adapter with newer HTC devices

Hello,
does anyone know if it is possible to attach an USB<-> RS232 cable to the newer HTC Devices, since they don't have RS232 anymore (i guess)?
What I want to do is to connect some kind of blackbox to Prophet, Atom or Wizzard. But this Blackbox only has an RS232 Connector (12 Volts).
Is it possible (hardware) and is there a driver for the RS232<->USB in Windows Mobile 5 or do I need to write my own driver?
Thank you

hi
I hope u've found a solution to that probleme.
I'm really very sad that nobody has answered to this subject, is this to mean that this is a stupid question or that nobody uses PDAs for good purposes.
Well, I try to connect my PDA to a total station (a surveying machine) that has only an RS232 port.
Can u help me to find how.
Thanx

without know much about usb to rs232 convertere then i would suspect they would require usb host ablity on the pda side which non of the htc ones i know of do :S

I think Rudegar is right, a usb to RS232 adapter requires a device with USB host. Remeber I discussed this at the GPS World site a couple of years ago, when I got my Qtek 9100 (HTC Wizard).

Couldn't the problem be solved with a Bluetooth -> RS232 dongle?
For instance: http://serialio.com/products/adaptors/BlueSnapXP.php
Here is a list of manufacturers: http://www.thewirelessdirectory.com/Bluetooth-Product/Serial Port Adapters.htm
(I have no experience with these devices; some can draw power from the serial port, others have their own battery, again others have their own powersupply and need to be plugged in)
Jörg

maybe helpful:
* search for:
download USB-HOST for ppc windows mobile
mda xda usb host download
Download Zeno USB Host Drivers
download: http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-zeno-usb-host-drivers.html
* Cable Adapter Produkt: http://www.reichelt.de
USB ABU-BST
AK 673-A
usb cable 1euro: http://www.reichelt.de/?ACTION=3;AR...wQARwAAA5RSwY5e7ac6fe7341e083041380a4bf6f0ec4
* pinout mini usb.. http://pinouts.ru/pin_CellularPhones-A-N.shtml
* Modify any USB GPS to XDA Serial RS232 afterrnoon project xda-developers.com
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=237308
* serial rs232 over bluetooth for 25 EURO
"PICOPlug" or Pico-Plug from HAMA http://www.amazon.de/PC-Innovation-PICO-Plug-Bluetooth-Seriell-Parallel-Adapter/dp/B00006JB4Q

XDA serial comms

Hi
Could anyone help with hooking up an RS232 link between my XDA2 and some CNC machinery?
In the past I have had success with Rx, Tx GND and software handshaking between CNC and a laptop. This is what I'm trying to emulate here.
On a XDA cable I removed the 9 pin female D type and replaced it with a 25 pin male.
The brown wire was originally connected to 9pin/2 (rxd???) I now have this going tp 25pin/2(txd??)
The red wire was originally connected to 9pin/3 (txd??) I now have this going to 25pin/3 (rxd??)
I've configured demo versions of PockeTTY and vxHpc to check for any upload / download activity and the IR beam is switched off.
I see absolutely nothing.
Any ideas? Is the XDA fundamentaly not suited to this application?
On the 25 pin the shield connects to pin 7 and 4/5 and 6/8/20 are connected respectively.
Any help appreciated.
Regards
Rob

maybe this will help
http://www.jspayne.com/io/schematics.html
otherwise more hits here
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=serial+25pin&btnG=Search

Hermes USB Connector Details

Hi Folks,
Just wondering... I'm trying to get a little application to work on Hermes PDA and I need to connect a Serial device which has a DB9 RS232 connector...
I know there's a Serial port 'inside' the USB connection on the Hermes, I was wondering if anyone knows of a pinout etc. to enable me to build an adapter to plug in the bottom of the PDA which will then allow me to connect my DB9 RS232 device?
Any help gratefully received!...
Regards,
Rob.

no serial ?????
Hi FactionOne,
there's no serial port on on USB connector .
It's only USB-device port, mixed with audio signals on this port.
Bootloader got also support for USB device port.
So it's possible for the host to emulate serial support. That's all!
At least so far as i know
Regards,
scholbert

better grab you a good ol blue angel