On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 11:29 AM, Denis Heidtmann
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I appreciate the detailed advice, although I cannot say I fully
> understand it.  I followed Russell's suggestion and got the
> communication working, but the success may not be due to the symlink,
> rather fussing with the baud rates may have done the trick.  I think I
> should remove the symlink and see if things continue to work.  But
> since I do not understand symlinks, I am reluctant to remove it for

A symlink is basically a shortcut file that points to another file. My
basic understanding is when a symlink is removed, the real file isn't
touched, but if you use a hardlink to make the shortcut, if you remove
the hardlink the real file also gets removed.

> fear of removing the wrong thing.  What does ACMx refer to?  Any
> educational efforts would be welcome.

A quick Google shows this result, though skimming it leaves questions
unanswered in my mind:
https://www.rfc1149.net/blog/2013/03/05/what-is-the-difference-between-devttyusbx-and-devttyacmx/
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