On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 11:00:26AM -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > >On Tue, 7 Jul 2009, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > >>On Tuesday 07 July 2009, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > >>> a while back, i was whining about the lack of functionality of a > >>>particular USB/serial converter: > >>> > >>>http://osdir.com/ml/fedora-test-list/2009-05/msg00398.html > >>> > >>> does anyone have such a converter that just plain works out of the > >>>box? i'm more than happy to buy and try another brand if it's the > >>>prolific product that's causing the trouble. > >>> > >>prolific adapters are well known trouble. FTDI seem to be pretty > >>transparent. I have several that Just Work(TM). > > > > that's what i vaguely recall hearing once upon a time, so it's nice > >to have at least a bit of confirmation that i should hie me hence to > >the geek store and pick up another brand to test. thanks. > > I also use an FTDI unit which hasn't failed me. Uses the ftdi_sio > module and is identified as a FTCEGM4N in dmesg (USB ID 0403:6001). Do these things work "both ways?" i.e., I assume they would work if one plugged the USB end into one's computer and got serial out the other end. But how about plugging the usb end into, e.g., a UPS and taking the serial end back to the linux box? someone earlier mentioned a tripplite UPS which got me to thinking of that situation: tripplite no longer offers USB-compatible software for Linux--their linux versions are still serial only. makes one wonder if one of these things would bridge the gap. -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------- "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven." ------------------------------ Matthew 7:21 (niv) -----------------------------
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