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How to configure your PC as a SUN Blade 1000 serial Console

Does anybody have the experience to configure your PC as a Sun Serial Console? What pinout will need for a DB25M/DB9F serial cable? What terminal software you recommend?Thanks!

[190 byte] By [vic8] at [2007-11-26 10:29:06]

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# 1

Hello,

this information is already in the Service Manual and on SunHELP.

Please re-read the answers to your last posting.

If you use Windows, the recommended terminal program is TeraTerm Pro (free and small).

http://www.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002416/teraterm.html

Michael

MAALATFT at 2007-7-7 2:34:37 >

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# 2

check:

http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_private/Devices/Cables/530-2889.html

You can also use the following cable sets to connect via a laptop or dumb terminal.

Belkin P/N's

F3X171-10 - DB9F/DB25F to DB9F/DB25F (Serial File Transfer Cable - 10 feet) with DB25 Male/Male gender changer

F2L088-06 - DB25M to DB9F (Serial Modem Cable - 6 feet) with p/n F4A602 - DB25 Null Modem Adapter

Sun4u at 2007-7-7 2:34:37 >

# 3

check:

http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_private/Devices/Cables/530-2889.html

This link requires a SunSolve account/service contract, while the manuals are in the public Sun System Handbook.

You can also use the following cable sets to connect via a laptop or dumb terminal. ...

... or visit the next PC shop and buy a null-modem cable and maybe a gender changer.

Michael

MAALATFT at 2007-7-7 2:34:37 >

# 4

Just bought a Tripp lite null modem cable, linke it between sun ttyA and my PC's serial port.

I booted this SUN blade 1000 without keyboard/mouse connected to it.Still couldn't get OK prompt after hit on ctrl-break . I was using windowsXP and installed TeroTERM.Please advise.

Thanks,

vic8 at 2007-7-7 2:34:37 >

# 5

While you are running TeraTerm, use your mouse to bring down

all the various drop-down menus in the program.

You'll see that the 'break' keyboard sequence inside that program is ALT-B,

... not a ctrl-break.

TeraTerm also has embedded help files to act as a program tutorial.

rukbat at 2007-7-7 2:34:37 >

# 6

Thanks for the update. It worked and I got OK prompt.I was trying to change resolution for output device in order get x-window on my PC monitor, I was able to set 1280x1024x60, but still got nothing on my monitor.

vic8 at 2007-7-7 2:34:37 >

# 7

Now that you have functional access to the system console on TTYa,

can you copy and paste the results from ...

OK printenv <enter>

That may help those of us that are following this thread

to see your current settings at OBP.

Also,

what video card? (first 7-digits of its Sun part number)

which monitor (manufacturer and model) ?

anything extra for cabling between them ?

... perhaps there is still an incompatibility with your choice of resolution.

rukbat at 2007-7-7 2:34:37 >

# 8

the blade 1000 came with a Sun Creator3D graphic card. I bought a 13w3M/HD15F cable on ebay.

The pc monitor is SAMSUNG 171V,I set resolution to 1024x768x60, still no display on monitor. Please adivse.

Here is the output of ffbconfig (I was using my laptop as the serial console)

# ffbconfig -res ?

Valid values for -res option are:

NONE

1024x768x60 *

1024x768x70 *

1024x768x75 *

1024x768x77 *

1024x800x84 *

1152x900x66

1152x900x76 *

1280x800x76 *

1280x1024x60 *

1280x1024x67 *

1280x1024x76 *

1280x1024x85 *

960x680x112s *

960x680x108s *

640x480x60 *

640x480x60i *

768x575x50i *

1440x900x76 *

1600x1000x66 *

1600x1000x76 *

1600x1280x76 *

1920x1080x72 *

1920x1200x70 *

1920x1200x75 *

1600x1200x60 *

1600x1200x75 *

1600x1200x60d *

1920x1080x60d *

1920x1200x60d *

1280x1024x60c *

svga *

1152 *

1280 *

stereo *

vga *

ntsc *

pal *

Notes:

* monitor does not support this resolution.

vic8 at 2007-7-7 2:34:37 >

# 9

It appears that the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDID]EDID information[/url] is not passing back from that Samsung LCD monitor.

That could be due to a missing wire in the dongle you purchased.

It may mean you need to battle through this in a more manual fashion.

That would explain the Creator card listing Sun's historic default 1152-mode

as the only viable screen resolution for the card (no asterisk on that line).

The man pages for the FFBCONFIG utility,

http://bama.ua.edu/cgi-bin/man-cgi?ffbconfig+1M

suggest you have the -prconf as well as the -propt command switches.

What results do you see with -prconf ?

Compare your results with the example in the man pages.

If no information for the monitor, then that might confirm the lack of EDID signalling.

You could also try using the svga setting instead of the numerical 1024x768x60 resolution.

Also consider using a CRT monitor to do all this investigation,

and only fighting with the LCD afterwards.

... and the output from PRINTENV is ?

We need to confirm that the system is indeed set to display to the screen.

rukbat at 2007-7-7 2:34:37 >

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