Serial connector on ML HomeDock?

I tried to hook up thru the serial connector on a ML HomeDock and it would not work. ML says that it won't work due to nature of it. I am wondering why the serial connector is used for on a homedock? Please forgive my ignorance. I am about two or three years behind on docs, trying to catch up!
Thanks!

You can't upgrade using the serial port on the dock because the empeg only listens for upgrades when it's on AC power, and it senses AC power by the physical plug being inserted. Mark does some tomfoolery with the docking connector and makes the empeg pretend to be on AC power, but he can't do this before hijack is loaded, which is when upgrading happens.

It is possible to put a dummy jack in the dock so that it knows it's on AC power, as Tony recently described doing, but this has the downside that you're causing rather rough wear on the AC Shensor Shwitch every time you put it in the dock.

Another option that I don't think anyone's used is to get the barrel connector from radio shack and just put it in your empeg befor putting it in the dock when you want to upgrade. Or just use the ethernet upgrader which is faster anyways.

Matthew

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It is possible to put a dummy jack in the dock so that it knows it's on AC power, as Tony recently described doing, but this has the downside that you're causing rather rough wear on the AC Shensor Shwitch every time you put it in the dock.

I don't believe that installing the jack in the dock, if it's done properly, is any more or less rough than putting a jack in place by hand each time.

Whether it's a dummy jack inserted by hand, the actual AC brick inserted by hand, or a jack built into the dock, it's all just a barrel connector going into the jack. There is also the argument that if you're doing it in a dock, it goes in straight and centered each time, thus potentially being better than a hand-insertion.

No jokes on "insertion" please.