On Tue, 2014-06-10 at 14:19 +0000, Axelrod, Ben wrote:
> I see a number of functions to open the ftdi interface based on
> various things. How would I go about opening the ftdi interface based
> on a user input string such as “/dev/ttyUSB0” or similar alias? I
> only need to do this on Linux, specifically Ubuntu.
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> If I can’t do this directly through the ftdi interface, what is the
> easiest way to use other tools to convert “/dev/ttyUSB0” into
> “0403:6001” through code?
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> Thanks,
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> Ben
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> Ben Axelrod
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> Sr. Robotics Software Engineer
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> iRobot Corporation
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> 8 Crosby Drive, M/S 8-1
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> Bedford, MA 01730
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> (781) 430-3315
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> [email protected]
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If it's available on your system I would actually
recommend /dev/serial/by-id:
> $ tree /dev/serial/by-id/
> /dev/serial/by-id/
> ├── usb-FTDI_FT232R_USB_UART_A101E3RD-if00-port0 -> ../../ttyUSB4
> ├── usb-FTDI_FT232R_USB_UART_AM01MJHY-if00-port0 -> ../../ttyUSB2
> ├── usb-FTDI_FT232R_USB_UART_AM01MJJ0-if00-port0 -> ../../ttyUSB1
> ├── usb-FTDI_FT232R_USB_UART_AM01MJJ5-if00-port0 -> ../../ttyUSB3
> └── usb-FTDI_FT232R_USB_UART_AM01MJJ7-if00-port0 -> ../../ttyUSB0
Ryan
Distant Focus Corporation
Champaign, IL 61822
217-351-2655 x126
http://distantfocus.com/projects/
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