Arjen de Korte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> > The F6C1200-UNV has a serial port. The F6C550-AVR does not. I'd like
> > a USB solution so I can apply it to both units.
>
> You had better checked that out *before* buying these units. :-)
I've hacked on NUT before. I figured if they didn't work, I'd *make*
'em work.
> Yes. And then still you may be out of luck if the serial-to-USB
> converter Belkin put into this unit is not (yet) supported by the
> megatec_usb driver. Unfortunately, in many cases these use a
> manufacturer specific protocol to encapsulate the serial communication
> in USB. If yours happens to use a different way as the two existing
> subdrivers for megatec_usb, this requires writing an additional
> subdriver before you can use it.
[ 83.049102] hiddev96: USB HID v1.00 Device [Cypress Semiconductor USB to
Serial] on usb-0000:00:02.1-2
That looks fairly promising. I'll bet the converter is some close
relative of a Cypress M8 -- I've run across these in connection with
my gpsd project, which has USB issues very similar to NUT's.
--
<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>
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