USB to serial adapter

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Revision as of 18:37, 9 June 2012 by imported>ThorstenStaerk (moved USB to serial to USB to serial adapter)

USB to serial adaptors allow you to use RS232 based hardware via a computer's USB port.

I bought SiteCom's USB to serial cable and it works perfect with Linux:

dmesg
  • in the syslog you will find some lines reading like
[51904.256210] usb 2-1.6: new full speed USB device number 8 using ehci_hcd
[51904.341896] usb 2-1.6: New USB device found, idVendor=067b, idProduct=2303
[51904.341904] usb 2-1.6: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[51904.341909] usb 2-1.6: Product: USB-Serial Controller D
[51904.341912] usb 2-1.6: Manufacturer: Prolific Technology Inc. 
[51904.342508] hdj_probe() unsupported device, idVendor67b, idProduct:2303
[51904.342540] pl2303 2-1.6:1.0: pl2303 converter detected
[51904.344545] usb 2-1.6: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0

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