Difference between revisions of "USB to serial adapter"
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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. | [[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 | + | 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 | ||
Revision as of 18:37, 9 June 2012
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:
- open a console
- attach the adaptor
- read the syslog using the command
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
