I already tried a different adapter that I’ve used in the past and that I know works, and it had the same output. They had totally different chips, too—one FTDI, one Prolific. It’s strange. I’m not sure why one of these rj45 to usb “Cisco console cables” (which probably has one of the same chips in it) would work any better short of general cable+signal quality, but I’ve read some posts where people with this problem resolved it by using one of those instead.
I saw a pinout for an rj45 serial cable that has RTS tied to ground and I tried that too without success (not surprising, the switch isn’t using flow control after all). I can’t figure out what else would be different.
I saw a pinout for an rj45 serial cable that has RTS tied to ground and I tried that too without success (not surprising, the switch isn’t using flow control after all). I can’t figure out what else would be different.