[android-developers] Re: Any USB-Serial Adapter on Android Phones?

2013-01-16 Thread al
I would use something like the app USB Device Info (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=aws.apps.usbDeviceEnumerator) to see if it is accessible via the USB host api (http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/usb/host.html)... -- You received this message because you

[android-developers] Re: Any USB-Serial Adapter on Android Phones?

2013-01-16 Thread al
Just checked it with an MT608-2 from HP (like this one http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-single-port-USB-to-RS-232-serial-adapter-MT608-2-/230642394861). My galaxy nexus recognized it with two bulk endpoints. I think it could work via USB host... Am Mittwoch, 16. Januar 2013 11:39:39 UTC+1 schrieb

[android-developers] Re: Any USB-Serial Adapter on Android Phones?

2013-01-16 Thread David White
Thanks. I actually have done this already. Not always sure what to make of the info. When I plug in my Keyspan, I do see entries being reported in this app. I see them both under the Linux and Android tabs. In Android I see /dev/bus/usb/002/002 on my Note N7000. I see Interfaces 0 and 1 each

[android-developers] Re: Any USB-Serial Adapter on Android Phones?

2013-01-16 Thread David White
So I figure I can try to access my Hayes modem as a test to send an AT command. To do this I thought I would try the microcom applet that comes with busybox. Since this is a linux command, it wants to open a TTY file of some sort. From what I have read elsewhere, I expected to find an entry

[android-developers] Re: Any USB-Serial Adapter on Android Phones?

2013-01-16 Thread David White
It would appear that how things go may be very dependent on the chipset employed by the USB-Serial cable. It seems from my reading that Prolific and FTDI chipsets may have better support. On Wednesday, January 16, 2013 2:45:33 AM UTC-8, al wrote: Just checked it with an MT608-2 from HP (like

[android-developers] Re: Any USB-Serial Adapter on Android Phones?

2013-01-15 Thread bob
Why would you be using that? Isn't serial pretty much obsolete? I would be surprised if there isn't a more modern way to do what you're trying to do. On Monday, January 14, 2013 5:35:09 PM UTC-6, David White wrote: Specifically, for my Note N7000 but interested in more general

[android-developers] Re: Any USB-Serial Adapter on Android Phones?

2013-01-15 Thread David White
Serial is indeed old. But not obsolete in that there are MANY devices still out there that have only an RS-232 interface. If we want to connect to and use them, serial is the only choice we have. On Tuesday, January 15, 2013 7:10:29 AM UTC-8, bob wrote: Why would you be using that? Isn't