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Contents 1 Project of creating ready2use serial cables 1.1 What do i need? 1.2 What to check first 1.3 Open the phone connector of the cable 1.4 Prepare the phone sync cable 1.5 Software Installation 1.5.1 General Settings 1.5.1.1 Windows 1.5.1.2 Linux

Project of creating ready2use serial cables

Anyone who wants a cable please add his name to the lists below.

List of developers who want a prebuilt serial cable: georg jonli447 mindbender  ?

List of kurobox.com-contest winners that will get a prebuilt serial cable: russk tampakuro/kuroguy lyakh Revogear does not respond to any mails anymore, so waite decided to use the donations to buy LS Pros for these guys instead.

List of user who want a prebuilt serial cable: khisanth cakalapati MichaelWeiser mesterS  ?

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Here some pictures from the build-process (mindbender had fun with it)

I opened all FutureDial Cables to check if all cables used the same color-coding + Profilic-Chip:

Prebuilt cables will use a heat-shrink-tube to make the cables more stable.

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What do i need?

We organized some futuredial phone sync cables mentioned at http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/HowTo/AddASerialPort Section "USB-Connection". These phone sync cables are quite cheap at ebay. you can buy any other cable mentioned at that wikipage...the only difference will be the color coding of the cables.
OR: buy some from here: http://cgi.ebay.de/PolarLink-USB-Datenkabel-Siemens-C25_W0QQitemZ220086930396QQihZ012QQcategoryZ111305QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem here is the pinout:

Quotation from http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/HowTo/AddASerialPort:
Most of the cheap cables are based on a Prolific PL2303 chipset (PL2303 datasheet ) which is supported under Windows (Driver Download) and Linux. A third party Nokia data cable for a 8000 series phone has been used with no problems. A data cable from the Siemens C25/35/45 works too. The cables from the old models (i.e. C25) costs a 2..3$.
Quotation end

Comment: Find many more pinouts at http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/HowTo/AddASerialPort

What to check first

Open the dongle in the middle of the cable to check if the profilic chip is used. You need to check the color coding of the wires. Best would be to just leave the dongle open. In my example here we have the color coding for the FutureDial-Cables. If you have a different one check http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/HowTo/AddASerialPort for the color coding.

Open the phone connector of the cable

you can slide out all the cables ends out of the connector. Use flat nose pliers.

Prepare the phone sync cable

Software Installation

General Settings

Baud: 115200
Databits: 8
Parity: N
Stopbits: 1

Windows

You need a Windows driver for the Prolific USB-to-Serial adaptor, available at the Prolific Technology Inc Support Site. The cable will show up as COM4.

Linux

Plug the USB connector into your Linux box. Start minicom and set the port to /dev/ttyUSB0 115200 8N1. Power up and you will see a '+' printed.