Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on December 23, 2013, 03:02:29 pm

Quote from: critor on December 23, 2013, 02:19:24 pm

@DJ Omnimaga: do you have a source about this ?

Here: http://ourl.ca/18458 (After the person tried the Nspire Audio player)

A non-responding TouchPad happened to me many times in various situations.
The post isn't comprehensive, so we can't even be sure a shortcut was  the cause.
And he didn't reply after being told how to remove the battery (full reset as some things like the SRAM aren't properly resetted with the button on the back).

Anyway, the pin for the audio player is not adjacent and completely different.

Yeah, unfortunately, when his calc stopped working, I think he pretty much gave up on anything calculator-related, because he didn't post in a while then he posted like 10 times at most before leaving for good.

IIRC, the GND can be gotten from the pin located towards the right, and not the one by RX and TX, so it's a bit better....

Yup, the two slightly longer pins are GND.

IIRC, the GND can be gotten from the pin located towards the right, and not the one by RX and TX, so it's a bit better....

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Anyway, the pin for the audio player is not adjacent and completely different.

Wrong, RX,TX,GND,GPIO

I removed the battery BEFORE soldering, so nothing bad can happen even if you short the pins. Just look at the pins several times at a different angle so you can be sure not to short anything, and then insert the battery again. My calc still lives after several solder sessions.

Hi Gents,

Thanks for your input but I've never done this before & don't feel like bricking this calculator!

Sorry but I'll pass for now until I find someone physically to help me.

The calculator just costs too much for me to play games with!

Thanks,
Stefos..........What a waste of $10 for a USB/TTL converter!

Thanks for your input but I've never done this before & don't feel like bricking this calculator!

Sorry but I'll pass for now until I find someone physically to help me.

I know it can be scary to hear ... even if I don't feel the warnings are appropriate here.
I never removed the battery when doing stuff on the docking port, the worst thing I experimented when shortcutting pins was ... a reboot.

My setup, without soldering, I use a piece of plastic to maintain the whole :
https://tiplanet.org/forum/gallery/image_page.php?album_id=4&image_id=188

Can someone (like critor) answer my question please?

It should work.

without the  ti nspire student software installed?.

You know about TI Nspire Computer Link Software, right ?

Hyperterminal [...]  ti nspire student software

Both are unrelated. The drivers tincs installs are for usb to usb connections. Hyperterminal is used for boot2 transfers using a ttl to usb converter. Thus you need the converter drivers if it requires some, not the nspire ones.

My cable for rs232 came today from here https://core-electronics.com.au/store/index.php/usb-to-ttl-serial-uart-rs232-adaptor-pl2303hx.html

However i can't plug it into the nspire- there are black covers at the top of the wires preventing me from doing so.

Anyone able to help me?

Hey man,

I have pretty much the same thing.

I believe that if you don't get someone who knows what they're doing....You probably will brick the calculator.

It's a shame I upgraded my OS.....I guess the best option is to try to downgrade instead to 3.2.4

Does ANYONE here know how to help us in this request?  Is it worth it to downgrade to 3.2.4 IF we have 3.6.0?

How would I or Springboy go ahead to do this?

Any help is always appreciated,
Stefos