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Two serial ports are available via a 2 by 4 pin connector next to the power circuit. Both ports only have TxD and RxD available, no handshake signals, and use 3.3V signals. Using a cheap USB adapter for Siemens phones (which also use 3.3V signals), this can be used to gain access to the routers serial console.
Two serial ports are available via a 2 by 4 pin connector next to the power circuit. Both ports only have TxD and RxD available, no handshake signals, and use 3.3V signals. Using a cheap USB adapter for Siemens phones (which also use 3.3V signals), this can be used to gain access to the routers serial console.


I'll install a 2.5mm headphone-style jack in the router, because it's easy to mount (just drill a hole, no dremeling, no glueing) and wire it up to the first serial port.
I'll install a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_plug 2.5mm headphone-style jack] in the router, because it's easy to mount (just drill a hole, no dremeling, no glueing) and wire it up to the first serial port.


The USB adapter cable will lose it's Siemens connector, which will be replaced with a matching plug.
The USB adapter cable will lose it's Siemens connector, which will be replaced with a matching plug.

Revision as of 18:16, 16 May 2007

This is a placeholder page to collect some resources for the Asus WL-500g Premium wireless router which I intend to hack up a bit and put OpenWRT on.

Serial Console

Two serial ports are available via a 2 by 4 pin connector next to the power circuit. Both ports only have TxD and RxD available, no handshake signals, and use 3.3V signals. Using a cheap USB adapter for Siemens phones (which also use 3.3V signals), this can be used to gain access to the routers serial console.

I'll install a 2.5mm headphone-style jack in the router, because it's easy to mount (just drill a hole, no dremeling, no glueing) and wire it up to the first serial port.

The USB adapter cable will lose it's Siemens connector, which will be replaced with a matching plug.

Siemens USB cable pinout

Pin Signal
2  GND
3 TxD
4 RxD
5 CTS
6 RTS
7 DCD

Not sure which end of the connector is pin 1, and whether TxD and RxD are relative to the USB adapter or the phone, but I'm sure this can be measured once I have the cable. Probably will need to tie together CTS, RTS and DCD.

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