[Xastir] length of serial port fields

[Jason KG4WSV]

> On Feb 7, 2016, at 2:28 PM, Liz <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:
> 
> I didn't explain myself well. 
> I meant as a means to deal with the field length problem. 


No, you were quite clear. And that's how I worked around it before I even sent my email. (Well, I used the ttyUSB0 link that the OS creates. )


> My son has used some different tricks to keep every serial device on my
> server 

I got tired of playing those games and came up with a real solution:  toss everything that doesn't use an FTDI chipset (or something that has a serial number and a driver that knows how to use it) out of the server room, and use /dev/serial/by-id names. Problem solved forever, even as I add new hardware. I think I've got two rack mount 16 port FTDI boxes along with a few single port jobs. No problems for a few years, and that includes a server replacement with a new OS install where my old config files dropped in place with no other work required to get things up and running. 

-j