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gooroo
18th November 2005, 11:15 AM
Anyone know if an RS232 cable is available for the Jasjar yet or have I got to use one of these awful RS232/USB convertors?

Regards
seajayare
18th December 2005, 11:35 AM
did you ever get a lead that worked ? I can't find one and I'm trying to work out if I can hack my old IPAQ one up. cheers
SvenJ
21st December 2005, 07:00 PM
Anyone know if an RS232 cable is available for the Jasjar yet or have I got to use one of these awful RS232/USB convertors?

Regards

A converter isn't going to work. They all require a USB Host port.
rip
2nd March 2006, 06:21 PM
also interested into this old fashionned but necessary tool to console to routers for example.
so up for this topic ;)
coldpenguin
5th March 2006, 01:00 PM
I am interested also.

I was thinking about this a while back though. I think the only way this is going to work really is through a bluetooth or IR adapter.
Obviously those would require external power. Doing it with an IR adapter should be relatively easy to program, something along the lines of a PIC 16F64 or 18F452 would be more than enough. However, would it be usable? When controlling a router I would like to use the keyboard. The IR points dirctly towards the user.

However, I have little experience in how BT works, so would not be able to even think on how that would work.
Gareth
nkb
8th March 2006, 09:50 PM
I am interested also.
I was thinking about this a while back though. I think the only way this is going to work really is through a bluetooth or IR adapter.


Perhaps this might point you in the right direction...
http://home.tiscali.nl/~t_aalberts/index.htm
Its a guide to making a GPS IRDA but I'm sure it could be suitably modified.
TBOMB
20th March 2007, 12:30 AM
How about this: http://www.neteon.net/cat.aspx?clvl=3&c1=1&c2=177&c3=107
It's a serial to Bluetooth dongle. I don't see any WM drivers but I would think that the bluetooth stack on the latest "cooked" ROMS would support serial host since that is what most bluetooth GPS receivers use.
If it wheren't for the $108 price tag I would grab one of these myself and see if it worked.
Maybe in a few weeks. If someone else gets a chance to try this one, please post here and let us know.