[ale] USB - RS232 Question

[Jim Lynch]

dmesg should list the /dev/ttyUSB? that it found, if it did.  If not, 
you gotta get the right modules and maybe install hotplug.  I know 
that's a lousy answer, but google for the messages that you see related 
to usb after you plug the device in (dmesg), and I'm sure you'll find 
the answers to your questions.  There is a web site that lists the 
vend/prod info that appears in dmesg but I don't recall the url 
exactly.  If you can't figure it out, drop me an email and I'll look up 
the references, but I suspect a google of that vend/prod values will 
take you there.

Jim.
Jim Popovitch wrote:

>Check to make sure the usb_serial (or is is usb-serial?) module gets 
>loaded.  You should be able to plug the device in and look at the bottom 
>of dmesg to see any errors as well as which tty it is attached to.  I've 
>used a few USB/Serial dongles and most of them are supported by recent 
>Linux distros.
>
>-Jim P.
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>Mills, John M. wrote:
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>>ALErs -
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>>Ever the optimist, I got one of Fry's 'Cables Unlimited USB-2920'
>>USB-to-DB9/RS232 'dongles'. Has anyone gotten this or a similar product to
>>work under Linux?
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>>I want to use it for a camera (Coolpix 800), and a communications receiver
>>(ICOM PCR-1000).
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>>Seems to work find in WinXP (after loading a driver), but I don't know where
>>to look to see what's happening in Linux.
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>>Thanks for any suggestions.
>>
>> - Mills
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