RB800 Second Serial Port (IDC10)

w0lt · April 18, 2010, 2:38pm

A ribbon IDC-to-DB9M fits perfectly on the RB800 Motherboard. It’s described in the user manual. How is it activated? I would like to use it for a GPS input so I can maintain the external serial port for console related issues.

-tp

w0lt · April 20, 2010, 11:19pm

Bump

aaa · April 21, 2010, 12:10pm

Wait for RouterOS 4.8 there can be added second serial port support.

w0lt · April 21, 2010, 5:05pm

I’m using ROS 5.0beta1. I would have to go backwards in ROS versions. That being said, do you know if that feature going to added to 5.0beta2?

janisk · April 23, 2010, 11:18am

it will be added in future releases of RouterOS, that includes v5.0/beta
I would not bet my money that it is included into 4.8 thought.

w0lt · April 23, 2010, 8:40pm

Thanks..

w0lt · April 30, 2010, 10:25pm

With the installation of ROS 4.8, I have activated the second serial port and now have my Garmin GPS-III providing time data for my NTP Server. This saves the front serial port to be utilizes for console or other use and was a great way to utilize an older GPS unit using an external antenna. Now if I only had a case that would support two serial connectors..