I've had issues with USB adapters when I needed something other than 9600,8,n,1. The keyspan comes to mind.
On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 15:35, Marr wrote: > On Tuesday 06 January 2004 07:13am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello USB-friends, > > my knoppix installation works fine on my VAIO notebook PCG-SR31K. > > The wireless network, the usb-hub, the usb-keyboard, the usb-mouse, the > > usb-hotsync without any problem after some customizations, but one > > component will not work. > > I have an USB-RS232 Interface Converter to get a serial interface. > > I want to communicate with my GARMIN etrex VENTURE GPS with this > > interface. > > The software GPS-Drive works fine with the protocol NMEA In / NMEA Out. > > I am not be able to use the protocol GARMIN to get or set any route, track > > or waypoint. > > The gpstrans returns the following error message: > > Connected GPS [/dev/ttyUSB0] is: <GPS not responding> > > gpspoint and gpsman returns nothing. > > The output from lsusb: > > Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 > > Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05e3:0604 Genesys Logic, Inc. > > Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0711:0230 Magic Control Technology Corp. MCT-232 > > Serial Port > > Bus 001 Device 005: ID 046d:c00f Logitech, Inc. > > Bus 001 Device 006: ID 046d:c30a Logitech, Inc. > > Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04cc:1122 Philips Semiconductors Hub > > Bus 001 Device 007: ID 054c:0056 Sony Corp. > > The device /dev/ttyUSB0 have to be correct, because the protocol NMEA In / > > NMEA Out works with this. > > The model of the USB-RS232 Interface Converter is U232-P9. > > The protocol worked under w2k with FUGAWI and some other applications. > > setserial will not work with USB serial interfaces. > > setserial /dev/usb/ttyUSB0 will return the message Cannot get serial info: > > Invalid argument. > > I will be happy for any idea to get my GPS running with knoppix. > > Thanx, > > mgsimon > > Hello 'mgsimon', > > (Sorry for the delayed reply... I'm a bit behind on my email!) > > Although I cannot be certain, since your problem is somewhat different than > mine, I think you may be seeing different symptoms of the same > "disease" (bug) that I found and fixed in the MCT-U232 driver. > > I recently provided a patch to the MCT-U232 kernel module which fixed a > problem that prevented writes to my Garmin GPS35 TracPak GPS receiver from > being seen by the GPS using the Belkin F5U109 USB/RS-232 converter (which, > like your adapter, uses the MCT-U232 kernel module). > > In my case, I was able to _receive_ NMEA data (my GPS only listens/talks in > NMEA protocol) just fine from the GPS, but it would not "hear" any of my > commands. > > Since your software would have to send a command to the GPS to switch to/from > NMEA/Garmin protocol, I suspect you're having the same core problem with the > driver. > > This patch has recently been picked up by the kernel maintainers and should > therefore be in the next official kernel releases (2.4.25 and 2.6.1 IIRC). > Or, if you can't wait that long and you're adept at compiling your own kernel > modules, dig into the Linux-USB-Devel list archives for my patch source code: > > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum=linux-usb-devel > > Finally, be sure to let me (and the Linux-USB-Users list) know if you need any > more assistance in this matter. Good luck! > > Bill Marr > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Perforce Software. > Perforce is the Fast Software Configuration Management System offering > advanced branching capabilities and atomic changes on 50+ platforms. > Free Eval! http://www.perforce.com/perforce/loadprog.html > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Perforce Software. Perforce is the Fast Software Configuration Management System offering advanced branching capabilities and atomic changes on 50+ platforms. Free Eval! http://www.perforce.com/perforce/loadprog.html _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
