How to correctly use the serial console with RS232 (male)?
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I guess this probably sounds like a dumb question to a lot of you, but I‘m very unsure how to correctly use the serial console of an Alix 2d3 board.
It has an RS232 male output available, so this means I‘d need an RS232 female -> USB cable to connect to the serial console, right?
I searched Amazon quite a bit and (at least in my country?) there are many RS232 male -> USB cables available, but only very few with a female RS232 version, and these have some bad reviews too (e.g doesn‘t work with Linux etc.)
So my question for now is, what is the best (or correct) way to use the serial console on an Alix 2d3? (Or which adaptor/cable is the right one?)
I think I’ve also read somewhere that there are different types of serial consoles which require different cables?