On Fri, 15 Apr 2011, Jacob Tennant wrote:

Ok, what does the XXX stand for?

A variable.  You need to look in your devices directory or a resource manager program 
to derive the correct syntax for each USB->Serial cable's port.  It will most 
likely change based on how many and which order cables were plugged in, and maybe the 
specific manufacturers and/or serial numbers of your USB->Serial cables.


I understand in linux tho devise is ttyUSB0.

Depends.  I ran _one_ USB->Serial cable on Linux at home for a while.  It would 
sometimes appear as /dev/ttyUSB0, sometimes as /dev/ttyUSB1.  I had to either define 
two interfaces in Xastir and start up the correct one, or keep editing one interface 
to switch back and forth.  A royal pain.  I eventually went to a 4-port serial card 
and stopped using the USB->Serial cable.

The usual way I determine the naming in Linux:  Plug in a USB->Serial cable or a USB 
thumbdrive, then "tail -50 /var/log/messages" to see what syslog reports the new 
name as.

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