[Nut-upsuser] Re: [Nut-upsdev] megatec driver and usb-to-serial converters

2006-11-02 Thread Carlos Rodrigues
On 11/2/06, Peter Selinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All the serial over USB devices that I have seen have used a manufacturer-specific hack. So connecting to a USB device should not usually be as simple as connecting to /dev/something. I was under that impression too, but I saw a discussion

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Re: [Nut-upsdev] megatec driver and usb-to-serial converters

2006-11-02 Thread Carlos Rodrigues
On 11/2/06, Doug Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I not sure if this helps, but Windows XP automatically supports serial to USB cables without installing any additional drivers.. There is probably some kind of spec... good luck finding it though. AFAIK, both Windows and Linux have a similar

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Re: [Nut-upsdev] megatec driver and usb-to-serial converters

2006-11-02 Thread Doug Reynolds
Carlos Rodrigues wrote: On 11/2/06, Peter Selinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All the serial over USB devices that I have seen have used a manufacturer-specific hack. So connecting to a USB device should not usually be as simple as connecting to /dev/something. I was under that impression too,

Re: [Nut-upsuser] Re: [Nut-upsdev] megatec driver and usb-to-serial converters

2006-11-02 Thread Charles Lepple
On 11/2/06, Carlos Rodrigues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/2/06, Doug Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I not sure if this helps, but Windows XP automatically supports serial to USB cables without installing any additional drivers.. There is probably some kind of spec... good luck finding

[Nut-upsuser] Re: [Nut-upsdev] megatec driver and usb-to-serial converters

2006-11-01 Thread Peter Selinger
Hi Carlos, as far as I know, there is a standard serial over USB interface. I think the USB specification discourages such interfaces. All the serial over USB devices that I have seen have used a manufacturer-specific hack. So connecting to a USB device should not usually be as simple as