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How to connect PC's USB port to pSeries system?
Post 302306250 by aixlover on Sunday 12th of April 2009 12:51:35 AM
04-12-2009
It does help. Thanks a lot! 
There is no serial port on my laptop, only USB ports. I saw some USB-to-DB9 cables in eBay and was wondering why such "simple" cables need drivers. Your answer clarifies that the driver is used to create a new serial port under Windows.
May I assume that a USB-to-RJ45 cable does the same job as the USB-to-DB9 cable? On the IBM P640, there is a RJ45 port functioning as serial port. It also has some DB9 serial ports. On some Sun servers such as Sunfire v100, there is no serial port in DB9 form, only serial port in RJ45 form. Therefore, a USB-to-RJ45 cable may be a better choice (than USB-to-DB9) if it is working. Am I right here?
There is no serial port on my laptop, only USB ports. I saw some USB-to-DB9 cables in eBay and was wondering why such "simple" cables need drivers. Your answer clarifies that the driver is used to create a new serial port under Windows.
May I assume that a USB-to-RJ45 cable does the same job as the USB-to-DB9 cable? On the IBM P640, there is a RJ45 port functioning as serial port. It also has some DB9 serial ports. On some Sun servers such as Sunfire v100, there is no serial port in DB9 form, only serial port in RJ45 form. Therefore, a USB-to-RJ45 cable may be a better choice (than USB-to-DB9) if it is working. Am I right here?
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Hi
If your laptop has a DB9 serial port you just need a serial cable similar to those ones used to admin Cisco devices and a Hyperterminal connection.
If your laptop has USB ports you can use one of those USB-to-DB9 converters to connect to the serial port of the pSeries server. They usually comes with a driver so Windows creates a new serial port and using Hyperterminal you cna connect.
Hope this helps
If your laptop has a DB9 serial port you just need a serial cable similar to those ones used to admin Cisco devices and a Hyperterminal connection.
If your laptop has USB ports you can use one of those USB-to-DB9 converters to connect to the serial port of the pSeries server. They usually comes with a driver so Windows creates a new serial port and using Hyperterminal you cna connect.
Hope this helps
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uftdi
UFTDI(4) BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual UFTDI(4) NAME
uftdi -- USB support for serial adapters based on the FT8U100AX and FT8U232AM SYNOPSIS
uftdi* at uhub? ucom* at uftdi? DESCRIPTION
The uftdi driver provides support for various serial adapters based on the FTDI USB UART IC family. Supported chip models are FT8U100AX, FT8U232AM, FT232BM, FT232R, dual channel FT2232D, dual channel FT2232H, and quad channel FT4232H. The device is accessed through the ucom(4) driver which makes it behave like a tty(4). HARDWARE
The uftdi driver supports the following adapters: B&B Electronics uLinks RS-422/485 Coastal ChipWorks TNC-X Crystalfontz CFA-631 LCD Crystalfontz CFA-632 LCD Crystalfontz CFA-633 LCD Crystalfontz CFA-634 LCD Crystalfontz CFA-635 LCD CTI USB-485-Mini and and USB-Nano-485 Falcom Samba 55/56 GSM/GPRS modem Falcom Twist GSM/GPRS modem Future Technology Devices DB9 Future Technology Devices IC Future Technology Devices KW Future Technology Devices RS232 Future Technology Devices Y6 Future Technology Devices Y8 Future Technology Devices Y9 Future Technology Devices YS GlobalScale Technogogies SheevaPlug and OpenRD HP USB-Serial adapter shipped with some HP laptops Inland UAS111 Interpid Control Systems NeoVI Blue Interpid Control Systems ValueCAN Matrix Orbital LK/VK/PK202-24 LCD Matrix Orbital LK/VK204-24 LCD Matrix Orbital MX2/MX3/MX6 Series Matrix Orbital MX4/MX5 Series LCD QVS USC-1000 RATOC Systems REX-USB60F Robot Electronics USB to I2C Communications Module Sealevel Systems USB-Serial adapter SIIG US2308 Serial Telldus Tellstick and Tellstick Duo VScom USB-COM Mini SEE ALSO
tty(4), ucom(4), usb(4) HISTORY
The uftdi driver appeared in NetBSD 1.5. BSD
October 18, 2012 BSD