On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 10:22:03PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > This is my first post to this list, so I hope this is an apropriate place > to ask my questions. > As stated in the subject, I am looking for advice regarding USB to serial > (RS-232) adapters on linux. We, at the robotics institute where I work, > have a couple of new laptops lacking serial interfaces and have a few > devices that we must control this way. One person in the group already had > problems trying to use one usb-serial adapter in the past, and recall > other people calling these types of devices unreliable. > My question, or request for advice, is what chipsets/brands/etc. I should > avoid, which ones have better linux support, more mature drivers, etc. > Moreover, I would like to know if I can expect to control all the devices > without problems (they are all controllable today w/ standard serial > inerfaces), or if there are limitations in these usb-serial adapters taht > I might encounter. > Last, I want to mention that each laptop will have to control between 2 > and 4 serial devices, so devices with multiple outputs are preferred. > Thanks in advance for your time,
The ones from I/O Networks (now Digi) seem to be the best, most stable, handle multiple ports, but are quite expensive. Keyspan devices are also quite well supported on Linux. Hope this helps, greg k-h - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
