[Xastir] USB to RS-232 issue

[Arnold Solomon]

The problem seems to have a very simple solution- just get the Keyspan adapter back and off you go.

When I coded some of the Keyspan hardware, we made it so that you could plug the adapter into any USB slot and it would have the same address.  Ultimately, it was a forwarding kind of address, but the same forward nonetheless.  Could you imagine what people have to go through if they change USB ports all the time?  Interoperability is great- but at what cost?    

Is there a reason you don't want to use the piece of hardware that worked before?  Are you too cheap to pay for a quality solution or...?

Arnold Solomon 
KC4ZUA
kc4zua at hotmail.com




> Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 18:24:23 -0600
> From: ka7o at ka7o.net
> To: xastir at xastir.org
> Subject: [Xastir] USB to RS-232 issue
> 
> This was working great. (Fedora 14 current update - Xastir from CVS today)
> 
> PL-1203 USB to RS-232 to a KPC3+ (serial, no KISS), but I was using a 
> 'keyspan' adapter. Switched to a 'no-name' PL-1203 adapter and now I can 
> no longer 'open' the TNC under interfaces. However, I can access the TNC 
> with this no name adapter using minicom just fine.
> 
> Is it as obvious as the adapter being a POS or am I missing something else.
> 
> Have changed permissions on /dev/ttyUSB0, set the sticky bit on xastir, 
> deleted the interface and created new, even started Xastir as root - no 
> joy. Any ideas on what else I can try other than getting my keyspan back?
> 
> thanks!
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