Re: Garmin GPS on USB port

On 8/30/07, Douglas A. Tutty <dtutty@porchlight.ca > wrote:

On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 10:36:18AM -0400, Wayne Topa wrote:
> Bernard( bernard.fay@gmail.com) is reported to have said:
> > On 8/29/07, Douglas A. Tutty <dtutty@porchlight.ca> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 09:16:14PM -0400, Bernard wrote:
> > > >
> > > > module.  I did it with succes but the documentation found said to use
> > > > /dev/ttyUSB? which device I don't have.  Maybe I still have a few things
> > > to
> > > > understand about the USB devices and udev!
> > > >
> > > > I would like to know if someone have been able to communicate with a
> > > Garmin
> > > > GPS via a USB port and how you did it.  Or maybe someone with a good
> > > > understanding of USB and udev could help me understand what is going on
> > > and
> > > > what I should do to make it work.

> Here is what syslog shows when I plug in my usb GPS puck.
> kernel: usb 1-5.4: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
> kernel: usb 1-5.4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> kernel: pl2303 1-5.4:1.0: pl2303 converter detected
> kernel: usb 1-5.4: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0
>

Well, according to the kernel, you have a ttyUSB0.  In your initial
posting, you said you didn't have a ttyUSB.  Do you have a ttyUSB0
anywhere under /dev?  Try using find.

Doug.

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