usb to serial

[Vivek Khera]

On May 5, 2006, at 11:04 AM, David Coder wrote:

> thx for the suggestions, guys.  with
>
> 	device uftdi
> 	device uplcom

you should really only need one of these.

>
> in the kernel config the adapter shows up as
>
> 	ugen0: ArkMicroChips USB-UART Controller, rev 1.10/0.01, addr 2
>

it did not detect it as a serial port, just a generic device.  you  
might need a different driver.  Look to see if "ArkMicroChips" is a  
supported device.  Seems not.

> no specific com port shows up, however, so i must need something else.

look for /dev/cuaU0 once you get it recognized as a real device, not  
a generic object.