GLO IRDA Infared

fat265 · 07-30-2013, 07:11 PM

I recently noticed there is a IRDA infared TX and TX led on the main PCB of the kobo glo

It would appear that maybe this is only used by the manufacturer to load the inital firmware on production maybe

It is located on the pcb behind the CE logo bottme left of the USB cable
I cant see any light coming out of it using my camera as a IT detector

I will post some pictures with the cover off..

you need to drill holes in the case to expose this but its a extra port that I would like to use for my custom kobo hacking I am doing..

does anyone know if its mapped to /dev/ttymxc1 or 2 or maybe the I2c ports found in the dev folder of linux

I know /dev/ttymxc0 is is a console login ( i have wired up a usb to serial adapter and can get root access with zero mods to the kobo firmware

yoq · 07-31-2013, 04:31 PM

Are you sure it isn't one of the IR-LEDs for position detection on the touchscreen?

07-30-2013, 07:11 PM	#1
fat265 Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10638 Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Australia Device: kobo glo touch & mini	GLO IRDA Infared I recently noticed there is a IRDA infared TX and TX led on the main PCB of the kobo glo It would appear that maybe this is only used by the manufacturer to load the inital firmware on production maybe It is located on the pcb behind the CE logo bottme left of the USB cable I cant see any light coming out of it using my camera as a IT detector I will post some pictures with the cover off.. you need to drill holes in the case to expose this but its a extra port that I would like to use for my custom kobo hacking I am doing.. does anyone know if its mapped to /dev/ttymxc1 or 2 or maybe the I2c ports found in the dev folder of linux I know /dev/ttymxc0 is is a console login ( i have wired up a usb to serial adapter and can get root access with zero mods to the kobo firmware Last edited by fat265; 07-30-2013 at 07:49 PM. Reason: TO ADD PICTURES

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07-31-2013, 04:31 PM	#2
yoq Developer Posts: 77 Karma: 206176 Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Europe Device: Kobo Glo	Are you sure it isn't one of the IR-LEDs for position detection on the touchscreen?

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