<bencoh>
(btw I know this is a bit offtopic here -apart from freemantle-)
<DocScrutinizer05>
well, it's sufficiently on topic since Neo900 is meant to run maemo5-fremantle
<DocScrutinizer05>
(how to read) Nokia *explicitly* never granted permission to host any of their (C) stuff
<DocScrutinizer05>
and though I don't know of nokia explicitly complaining about e.g. skeiron, some in HiFo were practicing anticipatory obedience and bullied me since I publicly stated that I once transferred from *my private money* to the crew that operated skeiron
<DocScrutinizer05>
woody even going to the extreme of claiming he could do time in jail for just talking to me - OH MY!!
<freemangordon>
DocScrutinizer05: did you change something rs232?
<DocScrutinizer05>
no
<freemangordon>
ok
<DocScrutinizer05>
freemangordon: not even got near it
<DocScrutinizer05>
during last 60min at least
<freemangordon>
ok
<DocScrutinizer05>
shall I check or mate-cycle or reset anything for you?
<freemangordon>
no, it is ok now
<DocScrutinizer05>
:-)
<DocScrutinizer05>
good
<DocScrutinizer05>
freemangordon: btw *if* you knew how to switch on/off VBUS of PC's USB host jacks, you could do even more sophisticated stuff I guess
<DocScrutinizer05>
I tried to find out if and how that's possible, but in vain
<freemangordon>
maybe reprobing the usb driver
<DocScrutinizer05>
I *guess* there's a BIOS setting whether USB host ports are powered or not during suspend mode of PC
<DocScrutinizer05>
and afaik there's also a way to configure same thing in windows OS
<DocScrutinizer05>
but I stopped digging into that when I decided to rather use hardwired reset and switching the external power on BB_plain
<DocScrutinizer05>
on a sidenote: seems USB<->rs232 adapters get out of fashion slowly
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<kerio>
oh btw i don't have a mirror anymore
<kerio>
moved servers n stuff
<kerio>
do we need one
<kerio>
where do i take the files from
<enyc>
DocScrutinizer05: oh? what do you mean out of fashion? whats used instead? etc
<DocScrutinizer05>
enyc: I just notice they are not on shelf usually, which means they are not sold that much anymore
<enyc>
DocScrutinizer05: hrrm ok
<enyc>
DocScrutinizer05: I guess USB-TTL is more useful now
<merlin1991>
well usb<->rs232 are still that one plsomething chip all the time
<bencoh>
pl2303
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<DocScrutinizer51>
merlin1991: don't you have mirrors of downloads.maemo.nokia.com?
<merlin1991>
but not publicly available
<DocScrutinizer51>
:nod:
<kerio>
fair
<kerio>
soooo
<kerio>
what do we use
<DocScrutinizer51>
hmm?
<DocScrutinizer51>
kerio: what for?
<kerio>
dmnc
<DocScrutinizer51>
I'm quite confident there will emerge several publicly available mirrors soon
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<bencoh>
I'd rather have a (semi)-official, but ... meh :/
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<DocScrutinizer51>
freemangordon: anyway you soon will have decent RS232 on DUT
<DocScrutinizer51>
unless this time somebody lifts my backpack before I arrive at home ;)
<freemangordon>
:)
<freemangordon>
DocScrutinizer05: actually it seems this one works ok, it was a SW problem. as usual :D
<DocScrutinizer51>
sure, never doubt my ugly hw hacksL ;D
<DocScrutinizer51>
you seen the mess in newly added photo on tmo?
<DocScrutinizer51>
NB how both RX and TX have a parallel GND wire while the DB9 jack offers only one GND cut-fork
<DocScrutinizer51>
for one wire
<DocScrutinizer05>
freemangordon: I'd like to swap the RS232 cable on Bb_pimped for a decent one. Please holler when it's ok for you
<freemangordon>
do it now
<freemangordon>
DocScrutinizer05: ^^^
<merlin1991>
DocScrutinizer05: which tmo thread actually?
<merlin1991>
if only the base were an ix and not ct ;)
<merlin1991>
but I have to say the rs232 cable is about the level I've done a lot of rs485 cables when working with electical meters
<merlin1991>
as long as the distance is short enough it usually works just fine :D
<merlin1991>
but it sucks when you run into troubles because then always the game of is it the cable or really the hw starts..
<merlin1991>
btw the board options, how "hard" will it be to fix that up into an okish n900? Because I have 2 n900 here with nice screen and everything but dead modem
<freemangordon>
ok, enough for now, lets have some foosball time :)
<DocScrutinizer05>
merlin1991: please rephrase your question
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<merlin1991>
okay less german -> english voddo
<merlin1991>
*voodoo*
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<DocScrutinizer05>
what you want to do?
<merlin1991>
so I basically have a n900 here that works flawless except the modem, hence I don't see the point of investing 150€ into yet another refurbished one, so how would I go about that?
<DocScrutinizer05>
get a NeoN board and do the swap yourself, it's easy
<merlin1991>
so it's just board swap nothing else?
<DocScrutinizer05>
yes
<DocScrutinizer05>
basically
<merlin1991>
attach screen and done?
<DocScrutinizer05>
yes
<DocScrutinizer05>
a tiny bit of scarving to male the USB fit maybe
<DocScrutinizer05>
make*
<DocScrutinizer05>
you know we go to micro-AB receptacle that's a tiny bit larger than what N900 has
* merlin1991
now wonders how many boards to buy, there's more than one modem dead n900 here ...
<DocScrutinizer05>
and there may be other case resections you might or might not want to do, to make use of e.g. second SIM slot or whatever else we come up with
<merlin1991>
and I will for soure end up having at least one device that is total hacking area, so do I need a *daily use* one aswell, hm
<merlin1991>
*sure*
<DocScrutinizer05>
hehe
<bencoh>
:]
<bencoh>
and I guess you still want a working n900 "just in case" :)
<merlin1991>
my pet project would be to take the bsp and build a new rootfs based on what is left of the corida sources on github
<merlin1991>
bencoh: I'll need 2 n900s ad infinitum
<bencoh>
:-)
<merlin1991>
gotta keep doing cssu-s and cssu-t ...
<bencoh>
haha, true
<merlin1991>
then again I do own 4 n900
<bencoh>
we'd find you anywhere to keep that maintained ;)
<merlin1991>
okay time for some monday evening socializing, I'm already 1 hour late xD
<DocScrutinizer05>
freemangordon: BB_plain attached to USB<->RS232