Motorola AP-7131 power and console connectors

Motorola isn’t very helpful in documenting various connectors on their business units, such as the AP-7131 wi-fi access point. So here you go…

The Power Connector

The power requirement of a AP-7131 is 48V DC, 0.7A (thus a minimum of 35W). The socket is a 4-pin male socket. It is exactly the same as the auxiliary 12V connector on an ATX board. A connector salvaged from a burnt out power supply will fit perfectly.

As it turns out the pinout of the AP-7131 power socket is exact opposite of the ATX one. Learned it the hard way (more on that later).

The pinout is:

1. Two at the top:  GND
2. Two at the bottom: +48Vdc

The Console Connector

The Console connector is similar to that of Cisco, with just a minor difference. Ground, Rx and Rx are the same, so a Cisco cable will work, if hardware flow control is disabled.

The pinout is:

1. ?
2. – not connected –
3. Tx
4. Gnd
5. Gnd
6. Rx
7. – not connected –
8. ?

Note: I didn’t bother figuring out the hardware flow pins.

Hello world!

Hello world! :p

Sorry, the first few posts will come slightly out of order. Have lots of pre-existing info that needed to be published for a while…