CON3 is a v3.3 serial port for console.  It can use the same level shifted serial ports as the v1 boards.  the Pitch of the connector is different, but the signals are the same.  Here is the signal definitions:

The ones that I use at our office is:

http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?lang=en&site=US&WT.z_hom...

Does anyone know the pinout of J1? Is it jtag and is there a diagram of which pins are which?

I am trying to make the cable everyone claims to make. I have the connector that plugs into the pogoplug side. i was trying to get the usb cable to serial connection setup, but from what i have read. i have no idea how to connect the connector that is from the pogoplug to the serial to usb adapter. below is what i think i need to do. can anyone please clear this part up.


i have this:
i found this:
does it connect like this:

What Digi-Key (or other manufacturer's) part number is used for the connector on a Pogo v1? Thanks.

Ok, I am a total noob and managed to brick my Version 2 pink after just 24 hours of owning it.

I am not too technical when it comes to things like wiring but i have access to parts.

I want to reflash from a laptop without a serial port so if anyone could be so kind as to tell me how to how to do this it would be much appreciated.

Is there anyway of doing it without a soldering iron ?

I used a CDROM sound cable to make the connector into the pogoplug board.

BTW - The pinouts for the serial CON3 port shown this page from Clloud Engines are wrong for the Pink v2 Pogoplug .  Mine is called a POGO-E02 as I live int he UK.

Brad  take note- it's not the same connector as the ver1 Pink Pogo.

Correct for Pink v2 Pogo (sjhill has them right if you zoom his picture:

• GND  (Pin Closest to connector J1) 
• RxD  (Will read as 3.3v with serial cable 'up')
• TxD
• 3.3v (I did not use this pin, farthest from J1) 

How do I know?  Becuase I just unbricked my Pogoplug using a Nokia CA42 USB to 3.3v serial cable and a CD-ROM sound cable as suggested from an old PC for the .200" connector.

My 'CA-42' cable had only 4 wires:

• Black = GND
• Green = RxD 
• White = TxD
• Red = not used

Here's a picture of my simple working setup:

Here's some other useful info:

I used XP hyperterm to connect to the serial port for the Nokia Cable using 115200,8,N,1,None

That's 115,200 baud, 8 data bits, No parity, 1 stop bit, No flow control.

To fix my problem, I had to boot to the shell promt and then:

Become superuser!

#su

Needed to edit a read only file system. You need to mount it as read/write with:

# mount -o rw,remount /

Then fix your problem (mine was 'chmod u+x rcS').

I had copied /etc/init.d/rcS and then edited the copy from ssh using putty.  Duh.  

It bricked because I didn't set the execute bit, so I lost Ethernet networking.

Then put the file system back to read only (or I think just sync,sync, reboot):

mount -o ro,remount /

Have fun.

-Richard

This is a specific example of what I needed to do, which was to change the execute permissions for rcS.

You need to know what you did to brick your box. There isn't a "factory reset" as far as I know.

If you get in with a serial console connection, then you can mount RW and make changes to get networking up and running. Yeah, could be a startup issue for the your ethernet port and IP, that's what I was messing with as my DHCP server on my router stops working sometimes.

Sorry I can't be of more help. Start a new thread and ask or search for startup files on the forums once you get in on the serial post and can see it booting.

-Richard