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| − | [[USB]] to serial adaptors allow you to use [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS232 RS232] based hardware via a computer's USB port. | + | #REDIRECT [[Hardware]] |
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| − | I bought SiteCom's USB to serial cable and it works perfectly with Linux:
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| − | * [[open a console]]
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| − | * attach the adaptor
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| − | * read the syslog using the command
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| − | dmesg
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| − | * in the syslog you will find some lines reading like
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| − | <pre>
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| − | [51904.256210] usb 2-1.6: new full speed USB device number 8 using ehci_hcd
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| − | [51904.341896] usb 2-1.6: New USB device found, idVendor=067b, idProduct=2303
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| − | [51904.341904] usb 2-1.6: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
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| − | [51904.341909] usb 2-1.6: Product: USB-Serial Controller D
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| − | [51904.341912] usb 2-1.6: Manufacturer: Prolific Technology Inc.
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| − | [51904.342508] hdj_probe() unsupported device, idVendor67b, idProduct:2303
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| − | [51904.342540] pl2303 2-1.6:1.0: pl2303 converter detected
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| − | [51904.344545] usb 2-1.6: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0
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| − | </pre>
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| − | = Testing with another computer =
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| − | To test with another computer I connect the USB to serial adapter to my USB port, the other end I connect via a female-female cable to an older computer's com2 port. Then I issue on my computer
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| − | dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/ttyUSB0
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| − | on the other computer I use
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| − | dd if=/dev/ttyS1
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| − | And I can see how garbage is transmitted.
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| − | = Using it with wine =
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| − | To use your USB to serial adapter with [[wine]], just link it as com1 to the dosdevices:
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| − | cd
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| − | cd .wine/dosdevices
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| − | ln -s /dev/ttyUSB0 com1
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| − | = See also =
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| − | * [[hardwAre]]
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Latest revision as of 04:23, 27 June 2012
