Console Cable for your iPad and iPhone
- IOS |
- Apple |
- iPad |
- iPhone |
- Console Cable
It's finally here and may just be that last bit of justification you need to buy an iPad 2. Redpark has released a serial console cable that is Apple certified and will work on Apple IOS devices such as the iPhone and iPad. The console cable sells for $69.00 USD and is available via Redpark's online shopping cart site.
Once you get the cable, what good is it to you without a terminal application? Well, if you don't want to jailbreak your device and load a terminal program that way, there is an app called Get Console available in the app store. Their How It Works page is very informative, they even have the following YouTube video to demonstrate how it works:
If anyone picks up one of these and tests it out, be sure to comment and let everyone know how well it works!
Comments
iPad serial console cable for Cisco
Just for you, Jeremy:
That's all you need to convince your wife that you have to get an iPad... :-)
Gilad
At last!!!
Adam - you have now given me everything I need to justify my iPad 2 purchase. I am forever in your debt. (similar to my AmEX card after this Friday)
What if my iPad is already jailbroken....
If my iPad is already jailbroken, can I use iSSH with the cable to configure devices other than just Cisco?
I don't know for sure. My
I don't know for sure. My guess is the iSSH app would have to specifically support the console cable. Worst case, it's $9.99 for the app that for sure works.
If you end up trying it out, let us know how it goes.
how to install minicom (jailbroken ipad) and where to get cables
issh and minicom
http://routing-bits.com/2011/01/03/console-to-routers-using-the-ipad/
ipad console
The redpark cable is key'd. Thus to use it you do need the GetConsole app. The GetConsole does NOT work with a normal 30-pin apple to RS232 cable. I have tested this.
This means, it is either solution.
Jailbreak > any serial cable + issh + minicom, or equivalent app.
Non-jailbreak > redpark cable + only getconsole.
HTH :)