Serial console for the MyBook World (WDH1NC10000)

Location of the solder pads

Connector for serial console Connector for the serial console

Since the serial port has only 3.3 volts signal level, a converter is needed to connect the serial console. A MAX3232 could be used, but since most modern PC's has no RS-232 serial port either, a USB to serial adapter that uses 3.3 volt signal level probably is the better choice.

FTDI USB-to-RS232-TTL converter TTL-232R-3V3 from FTDI

I've decided to use a TTL-232R-3V3 from FTDI, which works perfect. We need to connect only 3 Pins: GND, TxD and RxD. VCC is not used (and on the TTL-232R-3V3 VCC is 5 Volts anyway)

The setting for the serial console is 115200 baud, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity