| 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. |
| 15 | |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
| 37 | |
| 38 | ConnectTech has been very forthcoming with information about their |
| 39 | device, including providing a unit to test with. |
| 40 | |
| 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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