Edgeport8 usb-RS-232 Converter Firmware Squeeze
So far, I have yet to get the magic firmware to make this device
turn from the warm brick it became after the squeeze upgrade to
a functioning device that presently controlls (used to control)
several radio scanners and an X10 controller. Good thing I
waited until warm weather as we use this in Winter to set the
thermostat.
Here's what I did:
aptitude -q9 install alsa-firmware-loaders firmware-linux firmware-linux-nonfree
The firmware-linux-nonfree looked like the best possibility and
the other packages were downloaded because one sound card seems
to have also gone away and the middle package was downloaded for
good measure in hopes it might do some good. It didn't seem to
do anything differently.
Here is a sample of syslog. The game is over as soon as
it can't load the down or the boot image. The ports show up in
/dev as ttyUSB0-7 but they are dead.
May 6 12:00:19 : [12119.384109] hub 3-0:1.0: over-current change on port 2
That's me plugging it in.
May 6 12:00:19 : [12119.600038] usb 3-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
May 6 12:00:19 : [12119.780205] usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=1608, idProduct=000f
May 6 12:00:19 : [12119.780219] usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=5
May 6 12:00:19 : [12119.780230] usb 3-2: Product: Edgeport/8
May 6 12:00:19 : [12119.780238] usb 3-2: Manufacturer: Inside Out Networks
May 6 12:00:19 : [12119.780247] usb 3-2: SerialNumber: V33151901-0
May 6 12:00:19 : [12119.781327] usb 3-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
May 6 12:00:19 NetworkManager: <debug> [1336323619.907589] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_1608_f_V33151901_0').
May 6 12:00:20 : [12119.918328] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
May 6 12:00:20 : [12119.919442] USB Serial support registered for generic
May 6 12:00:20 : [12119.919973] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
May 6 12:00:20 : [12119.919985] usbserial: USB Serial Driver core
May 6 12:00:20 : [12119.950089] USB Serial support registered for Edgeport 2 port adapter
May 6 12:00:20 : [12119.951190] USB Serial support registered for Edgeport 4 port adapter
May 6 12:00:20 : [12119.953066] USB Serial support registered for Edgeport 8 port adapter
May 6 12:00:20 : [12119.954222] USB Serial support registered for EPiC device
May 6 12:00:20 : [12119.955255] io_edgeport 3-2:1.0: Edgeport 8 port adapter converter detected
May 6 12:00:20 : [12119.962260] usb 3-2: Inside Out Networks Edgeport/8R detected
May 6 12:00:20 : [12119.995271] usb 3-2: firmware: requesting edgeport/down.fw
May 6 12:00:20 : [12120.025175] Failed to load image "edgeport/down.fw" err -2
May 6 12:00:20 : [12120.025217] usb 3-2: firmware: requesting edgeport/boot.fw
May 6 12:00:20 : [12120.040287] Failed to load image "edgeport/boot.fw" err -2
May 6 12:00:20 : [12120.040620] usb 3-2: Edgeport 8 port adapter converter now attached to ttyUSB0
May 6 12:00:20 : [12120.040791] usb 3-2: Edgeport 8 port adapter converter now attached to ttyUSB1
May 6 12:00:20 : [12120.040962] usb 3-2: Edgeport 8 port adapter converter now attached to ttyUSB2
May 6 12:00:20 : [12120.041144] usb 3-2: Edgeport 8 port adapter converter now attached to ttyUSB3
May 6 12:00:20 : [12120.041317] usb 3-2: Edgeport 8 port adapter converter now attached to ttyUSB4
May 6 12:00:20 : [12120.041502] usb 3-2: Edgeport 8 port adapter converter now attached to ttyUSB5
May 6 12:00:20 : [12120.041673] usb 3-2: Edgeport 8 port adapter converter now attached to ttyUSB6
May 6 12:00:20 : [12120.041853] usb 3-2: Edgeport 8 port adapter converter now attached to ttyUSB7
May 6 12:00:20 : [12120.041915] usbcore: registered new interface driver io_edgeport
May 6 12:00:20 : [12120.041925] io_edgeport: v2.7:Edgeport USB Serial Driver
May 6 12:00:20 NetworkManager: <debug> [1336323620.195113] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_1608_f_V33151901_0_if0').
May 6 12:00:20 NetworkManager: <debug> [1336323620.547932] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_1608_f_V33151901_0_if0_serial_usb_2').
May 6 12:00:20 NetworkManager: <debug> [1336323620.569779] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_1608_f_V33151901_0_if0_serial_usb_7').
May 6 12:00:20 NetworkManager: <debug> [1336323620.584309] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_1608_f_V33151901_0_if0_serial_usb_3').
May 6 12:00:20 NetworkManager: <debug> [1336323620.599021] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_1608_f_V33151901_0_if0_serial_usb_5').
May 6 12:00:20 NetworkManager: <debug> [1336323620.613926] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_1608_f_V33151901_0_if0_serial_usb_6').
May 6 12:00:20 NetworkManager: <debug> [1336323620.616755] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_1608_f_V33151901_0_if0_serial_usb_0').
May 6 12:00:20 NetworkManager: <debug> [1336323620.619598] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_1608_f_V33151901_0_if0_serial_usb_4').
May 6 12:00:20 NetworkManager: <debug> [1336323620.621995] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_1608_f_V33151901_0_if0_serial_usb_1').
Where else might I find the driver and where should it be
installed to bring the converter back to life?
Thanks.
Martin McCormick
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