[cisco-voip] new cisco usb console cable

[Scott Voll]

in a pinch I think i have pushed 112000 bps over a regular console cable.
 you have to set the speed on the router and the console app but you can do
it.  i was hoping for at least usb 1.1 speeds.

cisco's way of getting more money for something you can buy on the market
(usb to serial).

Scott

On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 8:55 PM, Lelio Fulgenzi <lelio at uoguelph.ca> wrote:

> the docs say something like the usb port can do 112000 bps where the
> console cable can only do 9600. i'll have to read it again and do a test
> later.
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Doug McIntyre" <merlyn at Geeks.ORG>
> To: "cisco-voip voyp list" <cisco-voip at puck.nether.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 7, 2010 11:37:34 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] new cisco usb console cable
>
> On Thu, Jan 07, 2010 at 05:12:20PM -0500, Lelio Fulgenzi wrote:
> > oh my.
> >
> > so i bought a couple of 3900s and decided to get the USB console cable.
> > what a production to get it to work.
> >     ??? have to download the software from CCO
> >     ??? have to install the software
> >     ??? have to look into your hardware listing to see the com port
> number it assigned
> >     ??? if you plug in the cable to a different USB port you have to
> reinstall the software (windows will do this automatically, but it still
> asks you)
> >
> > right now, the only advantage to a pure USB console cable over a
> USB-serial adapter is that perhaps you can upload software to the router
> faster than a serial cable.
>
>
> Highly doubtful. The USB console *is* a serial dongle. Its just that
> they moved the dongle into the router itself, so you only have to have
> the USB cable instead of a USB cable attached to a dongle.
>
> I don't have a new router to see what the actual chip is, most likely one
> of the standard ones, since Linux/OSX apparently ship with the drivers
> already.
>
> Your frustration points sound an aweful alot like the PL-232 chip
> driver though, so I'd assume that chip is used. Its used in 50-60% of
> the USB serial dongles out there already anyway.
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