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Agember at 21:32, 11 July 2007

2007-07-11T21:32:49Z

Brylow at 18:40, 11 September 2006

2006-09-11T18:40:50Z

Brylow at 18:38, 11 September 2006

2006-09-11T18:38:49Z

Brylow: Added notes about transceiver mounting.

2006-09-11T18:36:44Z

Added notes about transceiver mounting.

Michael at 18:44, 1 September 2006

2006-09-01T18:44:25Z

Michael at 18:20, 1 September 2006

2006-09-01T18:20:46Z

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[[Image:mainboard.jpg|right|250px]]
This is what the inside of the WRT54GL looks like. The back of the router is the top of the image. Our serial port is in the front portion on the right hand side above the empty header.

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	[[Image:mainboard.jpg\|thumb\|500px\|center\|This is what the inside of the WRT54GL looks like. The back of the router is the top of the image. Our serial port is in the front portion on the right hand side above the empty header.]]		[[Image:mainboard.jpg\|thumb\|500px\|center\|This is what the inside of the WRT54GL looks like. The back of the router is the top of the image. Our serial port is in the front portion on the right hand side above the empty header.]]

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 allowing easy opening and closing of the case.]]
-[[Image:faceplate.jpg|thumb|500px|center|This is the final version of the faceplate of our router, with the two external serial ports attached and ready to go.]]
+[[Image:faceplate.jpg|thumb|500px|center|This is the final version of the faceplate of our router, with the two external serial ports attached and ready to go.  The fit is quite tight; you may wish to consider only installing one jack (you only need port 0 to communicate with the router,) or installing
 [[Image:attach-back.jpg|thumb|500px|center|Now that everything is connected we can re-assemble it.  First you put on the back/top half.  Keyed ribbon cable is plugged in to serial port header on circuit board.]]

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 [[Image:serial.jpg|thumb|500px|center|A closer view of the serial port header we have added.  Our header is keyed to prevent plugging the ribbon cable in backwards.]]
-[[Image:maxim.jpg|thumb|500px|center|This is a picture of the MAX233A transceiver chip we used to convert the digital serial signal to proper RS232 voltages.]]
+[[Image:maxim.jpg|thumb|500px|center|This is a picture of the MAX233A transceiver chip we used to convert the digital serial signal to proper RS232 voltages.  Our picture shows a wire-wrap socket to hold the
 transceiver chip, but this was our prototype.  In practice, now that the
 correct connections have been confirmed experimentally, we will solder
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 side to the inside of the front case piece.  This allows access to the
 receiver chip (in case an electrical mishap damages it,) while still
-allowing easy opening and closing of the case.
+allowing easy opening and closing of the case.]]
 [[Image:faceplate.jpg|thumb|500px|center|This is the final version of the faceplate of our router, with the two external serial ports attached and ready to go.]]
-[[Image:attach-back.jpg|thumb|500px|center|Now that everything is connected we can re-assemble it.  First you put on the back/top half.]]
+[[Image:attach-back.jpg|thumb|500px|center|Now that everything is connected we can re-assemble it.  First you put on the back/top half.  Keyed ribbon cable is plugged in to serial port header on circuit board.]]
 [[Image:attach-front.jpg|thumb|500px|center|Next you can carefully install the front half (making sure not to break any of the wires we have).]]
 [[Image:final.jpg|thumb|500px|center|And now you have a WRT54GL with two serial ports installed and ready to run you own operating system.]]

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 [[Image:mainboard.jpg|thumb|500px|center|This is what the inside of the WRT54GL looks like.  The back of the router is the top of the image.  Our serial port is in the front portion on the right hand side above the empty header.]]
-[[Image:serial.jpg|thumb|500px|center|A closer view of the serial port header.]]
+[[Image:serial.jpg|thumb|500px|center|A closer view of the serial port header we have added.  Our header is keyed to prevent plugging the ribbon cable in backwards.]]
-[[Image:maxim.jpg|thumb|500px|center|This is a picture of the chip we used to make the signal strong enough to reach the terminal annex.]]
+[[Image:maxim.jpg|thumb|500px|center|This is a picture of the MAX233A transceiver chip we used to convert the digital serial signal to proper RS232 voltages.]]
 [[Image:faceplate.jpg|thumb|500px|center|This is the final version of the faceplate of our router, with the two external serial ports attached and ready to go.]]

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−	[[Image:mainboard.jpg\|~~right~~\|~~250px]]~~	+	[[Image:mainboard.jpg\|thumb\|500px\|center\|This is what the inside of the WRT54GL looks like. The back of the router is the top of the image. Our serial port is in the front portion on the right hand side above the empty header.]]
−	This is what the inside of the WRT54GL looks like. The back of the router is the top of the image. Our serial port is in the front portion on the right hand side above the empty header.	+
		+	[[Image:serial.jpg\|thumb\|500px\|center\|A closer view of the serial port header.]]
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		+	[[Image:maxim.jpg\|thumb\|500px\|center\|This is a picture of the chip we used to make the signal strong enough to reach the terminal annex.]]
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		+	[[Image:faceplate.jpg\|thumb\|500px\|center\|This is the final version of the faceplate of our router, with the two external serial ports attached and ready to go.]]
		+
		+	[[Image:attach-back.jpg\|thumb\|500px\|center\|Now that everything is connected we can re-assemble it. First you put on the back/top half.]]
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		+	[[Image:attach-front.jpg\|thumb\|500px\|center\|Next you can carefully install the front half (making sure not to break any of the wires we have).]]
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		+	[[Image:final.jpg\|thumb\|500px\|center\|And now you have a WRT54GL with two serial ports installed and ready to run you own operating system.]]