Re: USB device attached via RS232 adaptor
On 2010-04-18 14:08, Dotan Cohen wrote:
A neighbor with an old Debian (probably etch but could be sarge)
machine needs to know where a USB smart card reader attached via RS232
adaptor
Huh???
He's got a few of these connected via serial adaptors:
http://www.infinityusb.com/default.asp?show=productsdetail&ProductID=12
Why aren't they on real USB, I don't know. I am going over there to
help him tomorrow, so to come prepared I started googling today.
Although the USB-serial adaptors seem to be popular, I find nothing
about how to mount devices attached to them. I am assuming that, being
a card reader, I will be able to mount the media (card).
So, is does this SC reader (a) serial-over-USB or (b) USB-over-serial?
(a) is common, (b) is what you described, but I've never heard of
(b). Are you sure you wrote what you really mean?
Anyway, did you or he check dmesg?
This is the important quote, I think: "Infinity USB Smart is based
on the HID standard, no custom drivers are needed".
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