=================================================================== RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/www/landisk.html,v retrieving revision 1.4 retrieving revision 1.5 diff -u -r1.4 -r1.5 --- www/landisk.html 2006/10/12 05:22:57 1.4 +++ www/landisk.html 2006/10/12 05:25:59 1.5 @@ -110,19 +110,21 @@ All of these machines require a special serial cable which does voltage conversion, and can hopefully be purchased along with the card. This cable normally contains a little max232 or similar chip -which converts from the 3.3V signals to +/-12V. Or you can attempt +which converts from the 3.3V signals to +/-12V. The IO-DATA cable +has pins which can grip the inside of the holes. Or you can attempt to build your own using some Japanese instructions.

The cable converts from a DB9 connector to a 5-pin header (3.3V Rx Tx GND NC). -All the boards have a 5-pin connector (called CN7) which the cable can plug -into; except for the USL-5P which has a 4-pin header and also requires that -the Rx and Tx pins be swapped. The IO-DATA cable has pins which can grip the -inside of the holes. +All the board models have a 5-pin connector (called CN7) which the cable can +plug into -- except for the USL-5P which has a 4-pin header (thus requiring +removal of the spare pin) and more significantly requires that the Rx and Tx +pins be swapped.

-A USL-5P is shown with a modified little cable. The DB9 is glued into a slot -cut into the plastic between the ethernet and a USB port. +A USL-5P is shown with a modified IO-DATA cable. In this case the cable +has been shortened significantly and the DB9 connector is glued into a slot +carefully cut into the plastic between the ethernet and a USB port.

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