[Xastir] Tnc, connection choices (Ubuntu with TNC-X)

[Tony Hunt]

Well I dont know if this helps.. I run A current version of Ubuntu 7.10
Gutsy Gibbon ..
I also have a TNC-X with the USB addon board. Its running the FTDI chipset
..

I dont usually run the TNC-X with the Linux machine but Ive allways had a
hankering to fiddle with it. I managed to get it figured out about 5 mins
after plugging it in..

Here is what I found.. The TNC-X appeares as /dev/ttyUSB0   .. Note the
Uppercase USB zero.
I set it up in Xastir as a Serial KISS TNC at 9600 Bd. Finnished. Works
great.

No drivers required to be loaded. Ubuntu 7.10 is Kernel 2.6.22

Hope this helps.

Tony Hunt  VK5AH


----- Original Message ----- > Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:02:00 -0600

> From: "Jason KG4WSV" <kg4wsv at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Xastir] Tnc, connection choices
> To: russo at bogodyn.org, "Jason KG4WSV" <kg4wsv at gmail.com>,
> xastir at xastir.org
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> On 3/10/08, Tom Russo <russo at bogodyn.org> wrote:
>
> > But according to the page (http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm)
linked to
> >  at the TNC-X site (http://www.tnc-x.com/USB4.htm), the custom Linux
driver was
> >  only needed for 2.4 kernels, and it's stated that support is already
> >  included in 2.6 kernels.
>
> Well, I'm obviously out of date.  The first revision of his USB
> adapter used a Linx chipset (you can see it in the picture on his web
> site).  I didn't realize he switched to FTDI - I'll have to see if it
> fits in my first generation TNC-X since FTDI is my favorite chipset
> for this application.
>
> -Jason
> kg4wsv