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Hi all,

I want to connect the RFM12 board to my alix board http://pcengines.ch/alix6f2.htm so i can use it as a base station.

On page 13 and 14 of the documentation of the board http://www.pcengines.ch/pdf/alix2.pdf  i found this:

J5/J3/ J5 COM1 serial port
The standard PC pinout is used. To connect to a PC, use a null modem or “Laplink” cable. Due to
limitations of the AMD CS5536 companion chip, only RXD / TXD are available for your software;
handshake signals cannot be observed or controlled !
1 DCD data carrier detect (input) - not available on CS5536
2 RXD# receive data (input)
3 TXD# transmit data (output)
4 DTR data terminal ready (output) - always driven active
5 GND ground
6 DSR data set ready (input) - not available on CS5536
7 RTS ready to send (output) - always driven active
8 CTS clear to send (input) - not available on CS5536
9 RI ring indicator (input) - not available on CS5536
J14 / J17 / J19 COM1 serial port (3.3V levels, build option)
This header is available on alix.2d / alix.3d / alix.6b and later. This port is connected in parallel with

the MAX3243 RS-232 driver, remove this part if CMOS level serial port is desired as an alternative.

Now my question is.. Can i connect the Pre-Assembled Raspberry Pi Expansion board to my alix board using the COM serial ports? If yes - Then how?

The schematics for the Alix can be found here: http://www.pcengines.ch/pdf/alix2.pdf

Any Advice will be highly appreciated.

// Rasmus