Re: usb => serial port converter

[Lee <ler762@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Jul 7, 2024 at 8:51 PM Andy Smith wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Sun, Jul 07, 2024 at 06:02:18PM -0400, Lee wrote:
> > I tried plugging the dongle into my debian laptop but it didn't
> > recognize it :(
>
> In my experience USB serial gadgets on Linux tend to just work or
> will never work.

It worked this time!
Other than plugging it into a windows machine that had the proper
drivers first, I don't know what changed.

> > And what program are you using to talk to something over the serial
> > link?  pterm or something else?
>
> I use either minicom or GNU Screen. You'll need to know the baud
> rate that the device expects, though you can just try a few common
> ones and see what works. e.g.
>
> # screen /dev/ttyUSB0 115200

Great!  I had to add myself to the dialout group to be able to talk to
the device, but
screen /dev/ttyUSB0 38400
works.

Thanks
Lee