Re: [NTLK] Siemens s45 and Newton

From: Daniel Padilla (dproldan_at_telefonica.net)
Date: Thu Dec 12 2002 - 18:01:39 EST


>
> I'm afraid Till is right - Siemens data cable do have some extra
> circuitry in it. I found a "do-it-yourself" instruction for such a
> cable and it includes using some IC, capacitors and so on. And this
> circuitry has to take power from somewhere, I figured out that in my
> cable it should take power from serial port, not the phone, and I
> suspect that Newton can't provide enough power for it (or I messed up
> with the pinouts somewhere).
>

    Hi Anton. I have successfully used a S45 with my newton for a GPRS
connection, so i'm sure that it provides enough power. There is a good
schematic for a mini-din to DB9 here, I haven't followed the thread, but I
think this is what you need.

http://www.thenautilus.net/HW/hardware.en.html

Dani

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