If you want to use a basic serial port, use a 3.3V version of the good ol'
MAX232 (maybe MAX202? can't remember)
Sebastien
On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 8:20 PM, Alexander Huemer <alexander.huemer(a)xx.vu>wrote;wrote:
On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 11:11:37PM +0530, R M wrote:
Why do I need a USB/RS232 cable ?
If its a laptop, I can understand that they don't come with a serial port
so
you need the converter.
Many PCs come with a serial port.
Can I not connect the serial version of the T191 unlock cable to PC
serial
port?
You could, but the RS232 ports that
are often present on ATX-style
mainboards provide 12V, which is too much for the phone.
As far as I understand, the T191 unlock cable is used to convert RS232
signal level to 3.3V required by C128.
no. A serial T191 cable does nothing by
itself.
Since I was able to get hold of a serial version of T191 unlock cable as
I
told you in the begining of the mail, I also
purchased a USB to Serial
converter. Its a BAFO BF-810.
Its based on Prolific chipset.
Unfortunately the prolific chips seem to not work
as well for this
purpose as the FTDI chips.
So I connected first the USB/RS232 converter ju(BAFO BF-810) and then
the
serial version of the T191 unlock cable.
Is this the right way ?
OR
Can I just connect the USB/R232 converter (based on Prolific chipset) and
the use a cable which contains DB9 female on one side and 2.5mm jack on
the
other?
I don't get the difference
between those two ways.
I am asking the second question because you have mentioned in the wiki
under
Hints and Warnings like this:
If you don't use a 3.3V (low voltage TTL, LVCMOS) serial port you can fry
your phone! (internally, it connects to the IO-pins of the baseband
processor which run at 2.8V). *Don't connect directly to your PCs serial
port (running at +/- 12V!).*
This warning wants to tell you that you should use a
USB<-->RS232
converter and not use an onboard port of a PC.
Kind regards
-Alex