Jason, You have my attention! Could you please provide us with a URL to said referenced purchase?
You may have solved several problems for several people! Thank you. 73 Dave KB3EFS On 12/08/2013 07:21 PM, Jason KG4WSV wrote: > On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 3:21 PM, John Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: >> That's partially true. You have the identifier of the device AND the >> physical port you plug it into. > Sorry, but the prolific and USB CDC devices do not have an identifier > unique to the device, unlike the FTDI where every device has a unique > serial number. Maybe you can identify by the device type, but that > doesn't help if you have more than one. > > The location of the device in the USB tree can usually be extracted > under linux (udev rules), but relying on that is a huge pain for a > laptop where the physical arrangement is fluid. > > I just brought a CentOS 6 server online that has a 16 port USB/RS232 > adapter connected. I stumbled across a new subdirectory structure in > /dev/serial/by-id that lists each device with its serial number in the > name. > > There's also /dev/serial/by-path - this is equivalent to using the USB > path as you suggested (it's a longer name but you get it for free, > without mucking around with udev rules). > > -Jason > kg4wsv > _______________________________________________ > Xastir mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir > -- David A Aitcheson [email protected] Go Green! Print this email only when necessary. _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
