Re: recovery of Actiontec doorstop

Don Boggan wrote:

> Hi Bruce,
> 
> My name is Don and I was fooling around with a Dual PC Modem
> and doorstopped it with a bad kernel build and download.  I am
> not sure why a bad kernel would cause the box to not bootp-tftp
> after a reset-poweron.
>
> I do not have one of the daughter boards but I was wondering if
> you know of a process to recover this device?
>
> Thank you for your time,
>
> Don Boggan

It looks like someone defaced the main "Actiontec" page of the Wiki.  I've 
tried to put it back...

http://www.embeddedlinuxinterfacing.com/wiki.php/ActiontecDualModem

(I guess it was just a matter of time before the "cockroaches" showed up 
there.)

Patrick McNamara has made a number of posts to the ActionHack mailing list 
regarding how to recover a "doorstop" using a simple home-made USB cable.

This Wiki page shows the connector pins for wiring up a USB cable...

http://www.embeddedlinuxinterfacing.com/wiki.php/ConnectorsAndPinouts

You just need to wire up five signals (+5V, Ground, USBP, USBN, and 
USB_PWR_DET) to a USB cable and you are good to go for recovery.  There is 
a special MS-DOS program that you need to find.  As I recall, someone 
posted a link to an MS-DOS CD-ROM boot disk image that included everything 
you need.

Best regards,

Bruce

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