That's partially true. You have the identifier of the device AND the physical port you plug it into. I'm currently away from the computer and will follow up with how I established my prolific device to recognize multiple devices in the event of a reboot, and not mixing up attached devices.
73 John KC4LZN On Dec 8, 2013 4:15 PM, "Jason KG4WSV" <[email protected]> wrote: > Another issue with prolific and USB CDC devices (e.g. OT USB or new > arduino variants) is that there is no unique identifier on the device, so > if you have a prolific for the GPS, plug it in, get it configured, then > plug in a second prolific for the tnc, get it configured, then reboot the > computer with the devices still plugged in, the two devices may swap device > special file names so that the GPS software is trying to talk to the tnc, > and vice versa. > > -Jason > kg4wsv > > _______________________________________________ > Xastir mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir > _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
