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Originally Posted by knc1
Those contacts are on very small centers, but you write that you are sure they are not touching each other under the cover.
The contact "grasshopper leg" springs in the connector are a bit "rounded" they could cause the inserted wires to "roll off" to one side or the other when the cover is put back in place.
It wouldn't do any harm if they touch each other, but it wouldn't work if they are.
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I used a tester to see if any pin is shorted with each other and everything seemed fine (it sounds only with "itself") then since I wasn't sure the wires actually touched the contacts I made a little cut in each wire (fairly visible in the full size image) and again everything seemed fine: the wires touch the contacts that touch the pins that are not shorted.
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Originally Posted by knc1
Check the terminal setup, it may be expecting "flow control" - turn that off in the terminal's configuration.
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115200 bps 8n1 with no flow control. It is my understanding that lowering the speed could only help, anyway I never tried to do so.
In the connection's properties -> settings I didn't change anything:
emulation = auto
telnet id = ANSI
buffer = 500
Quote:
Originally Posted by knc1
Connect the RTS# and CTS# leads together (the Brown and Green ones).
That way the cable driver and terminal will get a "clear to send" signal when it "goes online" (generating the "request to send" signal.
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This is surely the biggest breakthrough I had so far.
Unfortunately it's not reassuring at all.
On the terminal, the line
Code:
cat: can't open '/sys/devices/platform/charger/globals': No such file or directory
is repeated several times.
I'll go to sleep and repeat the experiment tomorrow, in the remote eventuality of a different outcome I'll update the thread.
Prior to this I was pretty sure the kindle "worked" because
1) the "power led" is green
and -most importantly-
2) a few days ago I got a "low battery" warning displayed on the screen followed by a frozen boot screen the next morning (better than nothing!)
...but I'm not that sure now.
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Originally Posted by knc1
If you can hang around a few more days, I will finish that serial cable thread with directions on how to make a matching connector tab.
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I sure can... but I really doubt I'll be able to follow your instructions.
Thanks anyway
Cheers,
f
