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1 | INTRODUCTION |
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3 | The USB serial driver currently supports a number of different USB to | |
4 | serial converter products, as well as some devices that use a serial | |
5 | interface from userspace to talk to the device. | |
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7 | See the individual product section below for specific information about | |
8 | the different devices. | |
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11 | CONFIGURATION | |
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13 | Currently the driver can handle up to 256 different serial interfaces at | |
14 | one time. | |
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16 | The major number that the driver uses is 188 so to use the driver, |
17 | create the following nodes: | |
18 | mknod /dev/ttyUSB0 c 188 0 | |
19 | mknod /dev/ttyUSB1 c 188 1 | |
20 | mknod /dev/ttyUSB2 c 188 2 | |
21 | mknod /dev/ttyUSB3 c 188 3 | |
22 | . | |
23 | . | |
24 | . | |
25 | mknod /dev/ttyUSB254 c 188 254 | |
26 | mknod /dev/ttyUSB255 c 188 255 | |
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28 | When the device is connected and recognized by the driver, the driver |
29 | will print to the system log, which node(s) the device has been bound | |
30 | to. | |
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33 | SPECIFIC DEVICES SUPPORTED | |
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36 | ConnectTech WhiteHEAT 4 port converter | |
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38 | ConnectTech has been very forthcoming with information about their | |
39 | device, including providing a unit to test with. | |
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41 | The driver is officially supported by Connect Tech Inc. | |
42 | http://www.connecttech.com | |
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44 | For any questions or problems with this driver, please contact | |
45 | Stuart MacDonald at stuartm@connecttech.com | |
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