I've decided to open up one of my spare Pogoplug E02s and wire up its serial port so that I can see what's going on if one of my in-service Pogoplug's loads decides it doesn't want to boot anymore. (So far, I've been lucky.) It seems straight-forward enough, but I can't seem to find a socket which will fit the 4-pin connector on the E02's motherboard. I'm working from the following website:
http://www.hack247.co.uk/blogpost/pogo-plug-pink-serial-connection/
Several folks have thrown cables at me, but none of them are a match. I can order the socket from Digikey, but it doesn't come with contacts, which are as important to me as the socket. (If I had the contacts, I'd just poke them on the posts of the existing connector, socket or no socket.) What has everyone else done to get the serial console working? To date, I haven't found one of the CD-ROM audio cables purported to work. (Silly me, I just junked a bunch of old towers.)
http://www.hack247.co.uk/blogpost/pogo-plug-pink-serial-connection/
Several folks have thrown cables at me, but none of them are a match. I can order the socket from Digikey, but it doesn't come with contacts, which are as important to me as the socket. (If I had the contacts, I'd just poke them on the posts of the existing connector, socket or no socket.) What has everyone else done to get the serial console working? To date, I haven't found one of the CD-ROM audio cables purported to work. (Silly me, I just junked a bunch of old towers.)