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Cisco rj45 to usb console cable diy - garbled transmission (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by tylersprice@alien.top to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

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Hi, I followed the cisco Pinot and used a usb to TTL converter. I cut the connector off of a cat6 cable and wired it up to the usb to TTL converter.

I am using 9600 8N1 with no flow control and am getting garbled text from a brocade icx-6610 and also an HPE Poe+ switch. So I am assuming it's something to do with the converter?

I do have an actual cisco rj45 to usb cable coming to test but, I don't understand why I would be getting garbled text, like a bad baudrate setting.

I have tried several baudrates, most give garbled text. I have tx, Rx and gnd hooked up (CTS, RTS isn't needed it says, I did test with them connected but it made no difference) and am using minicom as an emulator.

Any thoughts or ideas?

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[–] tylersprice@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/brocade-icx-6610-serial-port-pinout.36014/

Is what I first was following but Rx and tx are reversed in that table.