Keyspan USB2Serial

[David Robillard]

> On Thu, 18 May 2006 22:09:50 -0400
> Jason Lixfeld <jason+lists.freebsd-questions at lixfeld.ca> wrote:
> Do you have ucom device in your kernel?
>
> Yup:
>
> # egrep "ugen|ucom" /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf/RICKY
> device          ugen            # Generic
> device          ucom
> #
>
> after you plug it in,  have you got any /dev/cua* ?
>
> Only:
>
> # ls -al /dev/cuad0
> crw-rw----  1 uucp  dialer    0,  40 May 18 22:04 /dev/cuad0
> #
>
> But it is there regardless as to whether or not the adapter is plugged in.

Hi Jason,

Be careful, because the first adapter I received was actually faulty.
The light would go on and the device would show up in my USB device
tree. But it would not work. After a few talks with Keyspan's support,
they had to send me a new one for it to work. The whole process was
free of charge.

I would suggest you try the adapter on a MacOS X or Windows machine
along with the software that shipped with it just to make sure it
behaves as intended. Assuming you do have a Mac or a Win machine handy
of course.

FYI: I use this adapter on MacOS X laptop to access the console of
FreeBSD, RedHat and Sun Microsystems machine. It works like a charm.

Good luck,

David

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