That's cool, I am sorted with an FTDI one - I find that a lot of advertising does not tell you what chipset the advertised devices have. Buying from nicegear.co.nz assures me of success :)
Software is here http://www.madeo.co.uk/?p=896 Target a LG TV. On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 10:46 PM, Derek Smithies <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, > quite some working experience on this. > > As said elsewhere on this list - the FTDI ones work just fine. > > The device recognition stuff on Ubuntu works a treat and they show up as > /dev/ttyUSB0 ... /dev/ttyUSB1.... > > The device recognition stuff may probe your device on insertion. This can > get in the way as it confuses the CPU on the far > side of the device. The USB interface chips used are known good for > 460,800 baud. > > Null modem adaptors can be required. > > Some linux software is really good - the old favourite was minicom with > all the dial strings removed. > > cutecom is a great gui adaptor for showing you the text you type that goes > out the port, and the response back. > > Two of these instances (working back to back) verify the cables etc are > good. > > The Dick Smith ones work fine - they do not have driver disks, which is a > strong implication they are cross platform. > > Cheers, > Derek. > ===================================================== > > > 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 > [email protected]http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > > > > -- > ============= > Derek Smithies, > Christchurch, > New Zealand > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
