[Xastir] Serial tnc and Prolific USB adaptor

[David]

Hi Tate.....dmesg showed it as /dev/ttyUSB0
i used Cutecom instead of Minicom..easier to use and set /dev/ttyUSB0 1200bd
and started to get packets showing
went to Xastir and set the TNC config up and its now working

Thanks for all the help everybody

David VK4BDJ




On 09/13/2011 01:51 PM, KA7O wrote:
> David,
>
> I use a Prolific USB to serial adapter with my KPC3+ and it works very 
> well in Xastir for me. I run Xastir on Fedora and CentOS.
>
> Couple things to watch:
>
> 1 - bring up a terminal shell
> 2 - put the USB adapter in a USB port
> 3 - as root, type: dmesg <enter>
> 4 - near the end of all the lines of info, you should see several 
> lines that describe how the adapter was detected and how it was setup. 
> One of those lines will tell you what it's 'serial' port is.
>
> For me - it's often /dev/ttyUSB0 - but on occasion, it'll show as 
> /dev/ttyUSB1
>
> You can also use minicom -s <enter> to configure the serial port, 
> remove all the modem crap and then 'exit' to minicom and access the 
> serial device directly. Just another way to verify where it actually is.
>
> I put whatever the current address is in my interface config for 
> serial TNC in Xastir and away it goes!
>
> HINT: as a matter of course, do not reboot Linux! There is usually NO 
> NEED to do this, short of a kernel upgrade.
>
> I also use a GPS receiver with a built in USB to serial adapter, 
> depending on what is plugged in when or what's plugged in when I power 
> the thing up, my GPS receiver and TNC port can all appear on a variety 
> of ports. I've seen them go as high as dev/ttyUSB4 once.
>
> G'luck!
> Tate, KA7O
>
> On 09/12/2011 09:17 PM, David wrote:
>> On 09/13/2011 12:46 PM, Jason KG4WSV wrote:
>>> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 9:28 PM, David<djmunn at bigpond.com> wrote:
>>>> the adaptor is on /dev/ttyUSB0 but cant find out what ttyS port it is
>>>> using
>>> You answered your own question - it's using ttyUSB0, not ttyS0.
>>>
>>> ttySn is for hardware serial ports. ttyUSBSn is for USB/rs232 adapter
>>> serial ports.
>>>
>> Hi Jason and all
>>
>> when i go into the TNC config menu and put in /dev/ttyUSB0
>> it wont work...
>> when i restart the computer and start Xastir and check the Interface
>> Control menu
>> it shows .. Device 1 Serial TNC /T;0 or some other garbage
>>
>> David
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