Software & docs for Shiva Fastpath 4 box

From: Carlos Murillo <carlos_murillo_at_epm.net.co>
Date: Wed Sep 11 22:43:01 2002

At 11:29 PM 9/11/02 -0400, you wrote:
>>That would be the trickiest part... I think that I should
>>try wiring the DE9 directly to a 4wire phone cable; it is easier
>>to find a phone cable than a female DIN8.
>This won't work as there are electronics in that box. A TeleNet connector
>doesn't just re-pin from a din 8 to a phone wire.

I suspected this.. Techworks adapters even have a couple of LED's
that light up with net activity...

> Besides, it only uses 2
>of the four wires (the yellow/black pair aka "line 2").

Yes, I had figured out this much since the terminators are
connected only to these two wires.

>You will need to build an adaptor to go from Din 8 to DE 9, or just check
>eBay and see if you can find telenet connectors with the DE9 already on
>it.

I guess it will be much faster if I just open up one of my farallon
DIN8-phonenet adapters and copy the circuitry inside, provided that
I can find the pinout for the DE-9 connector...

Thanks,

carlos.



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Carlos E. Murillo-Sanchez carlos_murillo_at_nospammers.ieee.org
Received on Wed Sep 11 2002 - 22:43:01 BST