[SunHELP] Sun E450 serial console problem

[Mikhail Emelchenkov]

Hi Peter,

I agree, its the obvious solution, to connect monitor and keyboard. Its hard
to find these Sun devices there, in Russia, Moscow (and if I even find it they
probably will cost a lot). E450 I bought by accident.

Mikhail Emelchenkov :: Entrepreneur :: http://soaw.com

On Dec 20, 2013, at 11:49 AM, Peter Stokes <peter at ashlyn.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi
>
> Suggest you install a graphics card and Sun keyboard and set switch to
normal
> bootup. If it comes up ok, then check the printenv list at ok prompt, do a
> set-defaults  and see if the serial output without keyboard attached works
> now.
>
> Alternative is to attach Sun keyboard and hold stop and N key down on
poweron
> which on most early systems will reset NVRAM to defaults.
>
> Peter
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>
> On 19 Dec 2013, at 21:04, Mikhail Emelchenkov <iam at soaw.com> wrote:
>
>> I tried different speeds, nowhere get English characters. Is there any
>> way to automate this testing, or flush speed to default 9200?
>>
>> Mikhail Emelchenkov
>> http://soaw.com
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On 20.12.2013, at 0:52, stephen price <sd_price at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> serial port probably fine - change your speed from 9600 to something else
> -
>>> keep trying different speeds -
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> From:
>>> Mikhail Emelchenkov <iam at soaw.com>
>>> To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
>>> Sent: Thursday,
>>> December 19, 2013 2:40 PM
>>> Subject: [SunHELP] Sun E450 serial console problem
>>> Hello!
>>>
>>> Recently I have bought Sun E450 and it seems serial port not working:
>>> 1. I tried to connect USB-to-Serial, and got some garbage output in
>>> terminal,
>>> and this garbage are the same each time I power on the machine or
>>> run test
>>> (right key state). 9600 8n1.
>>> 2. I tried to connect real cable DB25-to-DB9, no
>>> output in terminal at all.
>>>
>>> So I have a question: is there any way to fix the
>>> broken port? Are there any
>>> other things I should try to get serial port
>>> working?
>>>
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