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USB to serial adaptors allow you to use RS232 based hardware via a computer's USB port.
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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.
  
I bought SiteCom's USB to serial cable and it works perfect with Linux:
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I bought SiteCom's USB to serial cable and it works perfectly with Linux:
 
* [[open a console]]
 
* [[open a console]]
 
* attach the adaptor
 
* attach the adaptor
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[51904.344545] usb 2-1.6: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0
 
[51904.344545] usb 2-1.6: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0
 
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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]]

Latest revision as of 19:05, 24 November 2015

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 perfectly 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

Testing with another computer

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

dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/ttyUSB0

on the other computer I use

dd if=/dev/ttyS1

And I can see how garbage is transmitted.

Using it with wine

To use your USB to serial adapter with wine, just link it as com1 to the dosdevices:

cd 
cd .wine/dosdevices
ln -s /dev/ttyUSB0 com1

See also