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by **Stokestack** » December 25th, 2012, 3:27 pm

Is this possible? Thanks for any insight.

by **mfortuna** » December 25th, 2012, 3:48 pm

It should be, providing the SCI didn't change. You would need a USB to SCI cable, available from Irobot. There are a few threads in the hacking section regarding the 500 series scheduling.

by **unwired** » December 27th, 2012, 10:48 pm

Stokestack wrote:Is this possible? Thanks for any insight.

It's possible to setup a schedule with the icreate USB to serial cable. I did it yesterday on my 630 and it started up on its own today.

by **bjanice44** » May 18th, 2013, 8:54 am

hello. would you mind giving me some details on how you did the scheduling for the 630? Like what did you actually do the scheduling with beside the cable? some sort of software? thanks

by **vic7767** » May 18th, 2013, 10:39 am

The scheduling commands used to program the time and schedules on a 530 can also be used to set up a schedule on your 630. Have a read about how to accomplish this neat hack here:

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=9235

by **Roombascoobatastic** » May 19th, 2013, 7:32 pm

Ed I see that on your website you sell a USB cable but what about the end that connects to the roomba' serial port? Do they sell these pictured cables anywhere?

by **vic7767** » May 19th, 2013, 8:03 pm

iRobot for some reason has discontinued the USB to mini din cable they used to list in the Create accessories page. I have the 7 pin mini din male connectors in my shop. I will list them on the Roomba hacker page in the very near future.

by **piokrza** » February 5th, 2015, 9:54 am

Will this http://www.irobot.com/~/media/MainSite/ ... eation.pdf work with Roomba 620? How to build such connection to set schedule. I found some parts in my country, but don't know if they're right. http://allegro.pl/konwerter-ft232-usb-r ... 39717.html http://allegro.pl/wtyk-mini-din-7pin-mo ... 38282.html

by **vic7767** » February 5th, 2015, 10:25 am

The USB UART will work, the 7 pin mini din will not. The 7 pin mini din pinout must match the SCI jack pinout.

by **piokrza** » February 5th, 2015, 11:29 am

which 7 pin mini din connector would work?

by **vic7767** » February 5th, 2015, 12:43 pm

This one will work:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/8-pcs-7-Pin-DIN ... 35baa01d7d

by **piokrza** » February 5th, 2015, 1:22 pm

this http://allegro.pl/wtyk-mini-din-7pin-na ... 63229.html ?

or maybe http://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-To-RS232-TT ... 4855c7a330 and http://www.ebay.com/itm/2pcs-Mini-DIN-P ... 4ade831fb5 or http://www.ebay.com/itm/7-Pin-Mini-DIN- ... 43bf44d400

by **piokrza** » February 6th, 2015, 8:19 am

anybody knows..???

by **vic7767** » February 6th, 2015, 10:27 am

All of those will work. USB cable and 7 pin mini dins.

by **piokrza** » February 7th, 2015, 2:09 pm

Thank you!

by **vic7767** » February 7th, 2015, 2:27 pm

Remember to only connect Rx, Tx, and Gnd. Do not connect Power from Roomba or USB.

by **piokrza** » February 8th, 2015, 7:24 pm

RTS# is not necessary?

by **vic7767** » February 8th, 2015, 9:16 pm

Request to Send is not a required connection. Tx, Rx & Gnd are all that is needed. You can wire the Roomba pin 6 and 5 together for Device Detect but you don't have to.

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