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Anyone Found COM1, COM2, and LPT1 (modified 0 times) Skypilot Profile | Email My hardware info says they are there. Anyone know what headers they are on the board and the pinout connections for them? Are they most likely the same as the IOpener? Skypilot - "Keep the blue side up" 05-22-2001 17:46:20

RE:Anyone Found COM1, COM2, and LPT1 (modified 0 times) wordsmith Profile I remember Windows ME finding those ports also, but I'm not sure if its that easy to just pop in the ports. I didn't see any solder pads that came close to a LPT. The LPT might be one of the funky white connectors? There are two header areas on the board near the top that have 8(?) pins or so. I can't remember exactly but I think they were CN* where * was a number. Those could be the COM ports. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks. * WordsmitH 05-22-2001 20:06:35

RE:Anyone Found COM1, COM2, and LPT1 (modified 0 times) BigDog Profile | Email Com1 port is one that the modem is plugged into, com2 is the the one right next to the IDE header (10 pin) just like the i-opener and the other 10 pin header is the VGA out which is only active with drivers in win9x-ME. (which act as a dual monitor instead of just two duplicate display as the i-opener is) The VGA 10 pin adapter that works on the i-opener, works on the GTC. I have no idea were LPt1 port is, another question I had is were the second IDE port is? Both primary and secondary controllers are enabled according Win98 system properties. 05-23-2001 00:56:00

RE:Anyone Found COM1, COM2, and LPT1 (modified 0 times) smee Profile Does anyone have a link to the pinouts for these connectors? Or, could you post them here? Thanks. 05-23-2001 04:50:44

RE:Anyone Found COM1, COM2, and LPT1 (modified 0 times) Steve Profile | Email BigDog, that explains why control panel / display showed two displays. We'll have to hook that up and see if it works. 05-23-2001 05:51:14

RE:Anyone Found COM1, COM2, and LPT1 (modified 0 times) BigDog Profile | Email In regards to the pinouts, do a search in i-opener section, the com ports and the VGA are listed in those sections. (the same manufacture that built the i-Opener built the GTC, And that's my guess why they match (why re-invent the wheel?). 05-23-2001 06:43:31

RE:Anyone Found COM1, COM2, and LPT1 (modified 0 times) wireless Profile Isn't the CF interface the primary master on the IDE1 controller port... didn't they essentially just put a permanent IDE-->CF adapter on the MoBo? Is the CF the primary master IDE and the other connector the primary slave (the CF and the IDE the same controller)? or Is the CF the primary master IDE and the other connector the secondary master (the CF and the IDE connector are different controllers)? I tend to think it is the first scenario since you can boot off the IDE connector when the CF is removed and the GCT hangs when both are inserted (at least that is what someone on the board said). If this is the case, then where is the other IDE controller? Is it a remnant of a BIOS setting? 05-23-2001 08:09:26

RE:Anyone Found COM1, COM2, and LPT1 (modified 0 times) * StarFish * Profile Anyone Looking for The Standard PinOuts for Standard Connectors will Love this WebSite. http://www.hwb.acc.umu.se/menu_Connector.html 05-23-2001 10:37:53

RE:Anyone Found COM1, COM2, and LPT1 (modified 0 times) vagitizer Profile | Email Sorry, but back to the top it goes... Has anyone figured out the pinouts for com1, explain? Just like the questions in High School!!!! The I-opener threads are not helping. I checked! Lets see if we can kill this thread with a correct answer, and not posts to other threads. 05-31-2001 16:26:46

RE:Anyone Found COM1, COM2, and LPT1 (modified 0 times) *SF* Profile If We ASSUME the Modem Connectors are the Same as an I-Opener ????? ( I don't really know !) But You could bolt one in place of the other, & they match up. I would start with Turbo3's Post in this Thread. I-Opener Technical Info Reference / CN13 Pinout . I haven't looked @ Dail-Ups since I got My Cable Modem I Love seeing old Threads, even if they don't have the Answer Yet ! Must be a Good Topic ! 05-31-2001 17:01:22

RE:Anyone Found COM1, COM2, and LPT1 (modified 0 times) BigDog Profile | Email Well, I swapped a IO modem for the GTC's and and the i-Opener's modem worked in the GCT, I used the RS232Mod board that has the MAX235 chips and Com2 worked with an external modem. So does that answer part of the question about the COM1 & COM2? Attaching a VGA cable made for for the i-opener to the 10 pin port near the processor caused the monitor to go active (out of sleep mode) but no display because it's controlled by software and I was booted up with just DOS 6.22 In regards to the 5/23/1 post by wireless, read my post about the making the CF slave, the CF adapter is just a CF to IDE converter that autodetects the proper size (actually CMOS autodetects the drive setting), removing R88 which is a zero ohm resister behind the CF socket allows the CF IDE adapter to be recognized as slave instead of master on the IDE primary bus. replacing R88 with a 2mm jumper would allow you to change CF master/slave as you needed it. 05-31-2001 18:52:44

RE:Anyone Found COM1, COM2, and LPT1 (modified 0 times) vagitizer Profile | Email OK... so for the newbies. COM1 isn't really com1 at the serial port level (voltages). It is COM1 at the TTL (transistor-to-transistor-logic) level. You would need build a small board that will change the TTL levels to RS-232. This is the same type of configuration and pin-out that the I-Opener has. Following the links in one of the previos posts will get you to instructions on how to build the converter. Only the TX, RX, GND, and +5 vols are required to have a serial port that works. Now my question is should DTS, DTR, and the other 2 lines be connected straight through from the TTL to RS-232 side? Or are they even needed at all? Alex 06-02-2001 07:55:56

RE:Anyone Found COM1, COM2, and LPT1 (modified 0 times) BigDog Profile | Email Not straight through if you are using the Max235 chip, if you request a free sample from their web site they include suggested wiring diagrams for the pinouts. 06-02-2001 09:13:00

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