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1. minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jul-2023 20:08:57 JST minute

   on Rack Reform, what kind of physical port do you prefer for console UART access? DE-9?

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jul-2023 20:24:35 JST minute

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     • Wolf480pl

     @wolf480pl TTL

   • Wolf480pl (wolf480pl@mstdn.io)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jul-2023 20:24:36 JST Wolf480pl

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     @mntmn is it +/-12V or TTL?

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jul-2023 20:37:45 JST minute

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     • fiona

     @vidister ohh that's good to know. are there like rj45 serial to usb converter cables or how do you connect?

   • fiona (vidister@chaos.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jul-2023 20:37:46 JST fiona

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     @mntmn At least in networking 8P8C ("RJ45") has become the de-facto standard for serial consoles.

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jul-2023 20:38:47 JST minute

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     • fiona

     @vidister oh yeah i see there are

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jul-2023 20:39:11 JST minute

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     • fiona

     @vidister great. now i just need to find the pinout

   • fiona (vidister@chaos.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jul-2023 20:39:12 JST fiona

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     @mntmn yeah, like these: https://www.amazon.de/routerswholesale-FTDI-RJ45-F%C3%BCr-Konsole-Windows/dp/B07BK6P67K/

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jul-2023 20:41:22 JST minute

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     • fiona

     @vidister very helpful, thank you!

   • fiona (vidister@chaos.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jul-2023 20:41:23 JST fiona

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     @mntmn Also console servers like this one: https://chaos.social/@vidister/109965733289932905

     The pinout is called "Cisco Pinout", as they introduced it like 25 years ago.

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Jul-2023 21:44:37 JST minute

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     thanks for all the responses! i decided to use a dual USB-UART chip and provide a USB-connector to the outside

   • minute (mntmn@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 28-Jul-2023 09:31:28 JST minute

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     • immibis

     @immibis that's true, but you can also use a uart-usb cable for that use case

   • immibis (immibis@social.immibis.com)'s status on Friday, 28-Jul-2023 09:31:29 JST immibis

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     @mntmn Just be aware this is a one-way connection - you can plug a computer into the server to diagnose the server - you can't plug the server into something else to diagnose something else. The first thing is more convenient, but the second thing is impossible.