[Xastir] USB to RS-232 issue

[ka7o]

I work in a Motorola shop and needed a 'good' USB adapter for 
programming subscribers.

That leaves me with what I had on hand until delivery of 'new' kit (7 to 
10 days out).

Was confused as to why the 'el-cheapos' using the same PL2303 chip 
seemed to  work well with minicom, but didn't in Xastir. Still not sure 
why - but there we are.

73

On 05/01/2011 08:00 PM, Arnold Solomon wrote:
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> 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?
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> 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
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>
>
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>> 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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