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<blockquote data-quote="kiarna" data-source="post: 73505"><p><strong>Serial USB to 9 pin emulation Mac connection for terminal</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well it's a year late, but I went looking to fix this problem and here is how I solved it.</p><p></p><p>I'm a unix/linux sysadmin and wanted to use my powerbook G4 to connect via serial to my linux servers in the rack. I had been using a PC laptop for the reasons you stated, but I wanted to ween off of PC's entirely.</p><p></p><p>I read a bunch of things online and no one seemed to have a simple howto posted so it took me a while.</p><p></p><p>Here's what I did:</p><p></p><p>1. Bought the Keyspan USB adapter for USB to Serial. (the serial end is male 9 pin) for about 30$.</p><p>2. bought MacWise terminal emulation software for around 100$</p><p>3. One null modem cable with dual 9 pin female ends.</p><p></p><p>now I had looked into screwing around with the drivers etc to try and get the adapter to talk to the server without the emulation software and I looked for freeware. I couldn't find anything that looked solid and the makers of MacWise are old skool wee program makers at Carnation Software. I like giving cash (company cash that is) to support people who make good quality stuff. I demo'd the app first before purchasing and it worked sweet.</p><p></p><p>Very simple procedure:</p><p></p><p>1. Installed the Keyspan drivers from the included CD with the USB adapter.</p><p>2. Plugged in the adapter.</p><p>3. Connected my null modem cable to the server's 9 pin serial port. (I had already configured my linux OS to listen there).</p><p>4. Joined the null modem cable to my adapter.</p><p>5. Started MacWise, toggled to the 'serial port' settings' set my emulation options (VT100 etc)</p><p>6. Opened connection</p><p></p><p>And BOOM!</p><p></p><p>I was driving my rack linux server from the comfort of my G4 laptop.</p><p></p><p>Total time for setup and connection: 5 minutes tops.</p><p></p><p>After playing with it I went and bought the MacWise software and got the registartion key in under a half hour. I'm planning on using it for a lot more than the server terminals, it looks great for PDA's in general. :spook: </p><p></p><p>I'm very happy!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kiarna, post: 73505"] [b]Serial USB to 9 pin emulation Mac connection for terminal[/b] Well it's a year late, but I went looking to fix this problem and here is how I solved it. I'm a unix/linux sysadmin and wanted to use my powerbook G4 to connect via serial to my linux servers in the rack. I had been using a PC laptop for the reasons you stated, but I wanted to ween off of PC's entirely. I read a bunch of things online and no one seemed to have a simple howto posted so it took me a while. Here's what I did: 1. Bought the Keyspan USB adapter for USB to Serial. (the serial end is male 9 pin) for about 30$. 2. bought MacWise terminal emulation software for around 100$ 3. One null modem cable with dual 9 pin female ends. now I had looked into screwing around with the drivers etc to try and get the adapter to talk to the server without the emulation software and I looked for freeware. I couldn't find anything that looked solid and the makers of MacWise are old skool wee program makers at Carnation Software. I like giving cash (company cash that is) to support people who make good quality stuff. I demo'd the app first before purchasing and it worked sweet. Very simple procedure: 1. Installed the Keyspan drivers from the included CD with the USB adapter. 2. Plugged in the adapter. 3. Connected my null modem cable to the server's 9 pin serial port. (I had already configured my linux OS to listen there). 4. Joined the null modem cable to my adapter. 5. Started MacWise, toggled to the 'serial port' settings' set my emulation options (VT100 etc) 6. Opened connection And BOOM! I was driving my rack linux server from the comfort of my G4 laptop. Total time for setup and connection: 5 minutes tops. After playing with it I went and bought the MacWise software and got the registartion key in under a half hour. I'm planning on using it for a lot more than the server terminals, it looks great for PDA's in general. :spook: I'm very happy! [/QUOTE]
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