<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000'>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.<br><br>---<br>Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.<br>Senior Analyst (CCS) * University of Guelph * Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1<br>(519) 824-4120 x56354 (519) 767-1060 FAX (JNHN)<br>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<br>"Bad grammar makes me [sic]" - Tshirt<br><br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Doug McIntyre" <merlyn@Geeks.ORG><br>To: "cisco-voip voyp list" <cisco-voip@puck.nether.net><br>Sent: Thursday, January 7, 2010 11:37:34 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern<br>Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] new cisco usb console cable<br><br>On Thu, Jan 07, 2010 at 05:12:20PM -0500, Lelio Fulgenzi wrote:<br>> oh my. <br>> <br>> so i bought a couple of 3900s and decided to get the USB console cable. <br>> what a production to get it to work. <br>> ??? have to download the software from CCO <br>> ??? have to install the software <br>> ??? have to look into your hardware listing to see the com port number it assigned <br>> ??? 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) <br>> <br>> 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. <br><br><br>Highly doubtful. The USB console *is* a serial dongle. Its just that<br>they moved the dongle into the router itself, so you only have to have<br>the USB cable instead of a USB cable attached to a dongle.<br><br>I don't have a new router to see what the actual chip is, most likely one<br>of the standard ones, since Linux/OSX apparently ship with the drivers already.<br><br>Your frustration points sound an aweful alot like the PL-232 chip<br>driver though, so I'd assume that chip is used. Its used in 50-60% of<br>the USB serial dongles out there already anyway. <br>_______________________________________________<br>cisco-voip mailing list<br>cisco-voip@puck.nether.net<br>https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-voip<br></div></body></html>