Also +1 for the DSE adaptors, always been reliable. Saw a nice hack yesterday which helps you identify which port you are connected to (the PC-side code looks Windowsy, but the approach is available to Linux, probably something you could trigger through udev running a shell script easily enough)
http://hackaday.com/2013/01/14/usb-to-serial-adapter-tells-you-what-com-port-youre-on/ Basically it uses a composite device USB interface; one half is the usual serial converter, the other is a HID -> display device. Fun! -jim On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Chris Hellyar <[email protected]> wrote: > The DSE ones use the FTDIR or FTDI or FTIR chipsets.. The one that works > with everything. > > $45 from memory so not the cheapest but I've got a couple of them and > they've always just worked with *oze, osX and *ix. > > > On 16/01/13 11:35, Nick Rout wrote: > > What are people using these days? Prefer to walk into a shop and buy one > than faff about with waiting for online delivery. I have a project to get > into before I finish holidays. > > Linux out of the box of course. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
