[Xastir] Non communication with radio

[David A Aitcheson]

Jason,

You have my attention! Could you please provide us with a URL to said
referenced purchase?

You may have solved several problems for several people!

Thank you.

73
Dave
KB3EFS

On 12/08/2013 07:21 PM, Jason KG4WSV wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 3:21 PM, John Wilson <kc4lzn at gmail.com> wrote:
>> That's partially true. You have the identifier of the device AND the
>> physical port you plug it into.
> Sorry, but the prolific and USB CDC devices do not have an identifier
> unique to the device, unlike the FTDI where every device has a unique
> serial number.  Maybe you can identify by the device type, but that
> doesn't help if you have more than one.
>
> The location of the device in the USB tree can usually be extracted
> under linux (udev rules), but relying on that is a huge pain for a
> laptop where the physical arrangement is fluid.
>
> I just brought a CentOS 6 server online that has a 16 port USB/RS232
> adapter connected.  I stumbled across a new subdirectory structure in
> /dev/serial/by-id that lists each device with its serial number in the
> name.
>
> There's also /dev/serial/by-path - this is equivalent to using the USB
> path as you suggested (it's a longer name but you get it for free,
> without mucking around with udev rules).
>
> -Jason
> kg4wsv
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