[Xastir] USB on Linux for TNC

[Brian Heaton]

Rich,

	At the following link there is a note at the bottom of the page about
possibly needing to tweak a file.

		THX/BDH

http://www.qbik.ch/usb/devices/showdev.php?id=780



On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 09:35, Rich Garcia wrote:
> It is the latest RH Kernel without any modifications. It seems that I
> have it somewhat working now as ttyUSB0 but now Xastir locks up when I
> go into the interface properties. 
> 
> I did do the permissions that I saw in the install guide, I guess just
> follow the routine serial instructions. It is working with minicom just
> fine. 
> 
> The interface comes up and when I monitor the TNC port in Xastir I don't
> see a thing. When I TX or the program first comes up I see port activity
> on the TNC telling me that data is going in and out and also on the
> adapter LED's.
> 
> I do not understand the lock up problem, and when I mean lock up I mean
> EVERYTHING, I can't get anything to work and my keyboard and mouse are
> unusable, they are PS2 not USB. 
> 
> Any ideas, I was going to play some more and then go out to work but I
> got a cell site off the air and have to head north about 1 hour. Was
> hoping to track myself on RF to try it out I guess not this time. 
> 
> By the way the interface is the Belkin USB PDA adapter. THe package says
> USB Serial Adapter but the package also says For Palm and Pocket PC
> handhelds. I don't think there is 1 bit of difference. In Windows it
> works fine with the TNC and now it also seems to work fine with minicom
> under Linux. Just want to be 100% sure it works with Xastir under Linux
> before I start telling people to go get them. $6.99 is not a bad deal!
> 
> 
> Rich
> 
> On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 09:05, Brian Heaton wrote:
> > Rich,
> > 
> > 	Are you running a stock RedHat kernel or one you compiled yourself? 
> > 
> > 	Personally I use a Keyspan USA-28X for my machine here at work.  Under
> > Linux I use /dev/ttyUSB0 for the first port and /dev/ttyUSB1 fo the
> > second port. Works like a champ every time.
> > 
> > 	As long as the permission are setup right (from the README files) you
> > should just be able to fill in the config data and run.  What are you
> > trying now that isn't working for you??
> > 
> > 			THX/BDH
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 23:08, Rich Garcia wrote:
> > > I'll try posting this again. I have been playing with some network
> > > settings that changed my e-mail addresses and apparently the mailing
> > > list software did not like them.
> > > 
> > > >>>>
> > > 
> > > I have never tried to use USB on Linux before but I just picked up a
> > > Belkin F5U109rw and it works great on my Win2K box. I read the Mac post
> > > to use DEV/cu instead of TTY but how do I know what else to put in there
> > > ? I checked out RH9's Hardware Browser but all that tells me is that I
> > > have 3 USB ports installed.
> > > 
> > > The auto detect feature of Linux did not see anything but I think that
> > > is because it sees the USB ports, not the adapter that is connected to
> > > it...I think.
> > > 
> > > If I get this working I have a HOT lead on CHEAP adapters...I just want
> > > to make sure what platforms it works with before I send out a e-mail to
> > > everyone on the sig's. I already ordered 6 more of them, hopefully I can
> > > use it on Linux considering I am down to 1 Win2K box now.
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