Re: usb => serial port converter

2024-07-08 Thread Max Nikulin
On 08/07/2024 22:46, Lee wrote: On Sun, Jul 7, 2024 at 8:51 PM Andy Smith wrote: In my experience USB serial gadgets on Linux tend to just work or will never work. It worked this time! Other than plugging it into a windows machine that had the proper drivers first, I don't know what changed.

Re: usb => serial port converter

2024-07-08 Thread Paul Duncan
gs like RS-422 and RS-485, I would recommend a Moxa uPort 1150. Be aware that you will have to install the Moxa driver to use this - its not generally included with the kernel. Cheers, Paul. On Sun, 7 Jul 2024 at 22:02, Lee wrote: > What's everybody using for a usb => serial port c

Re: usb => serial port converter

2024-07-08 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Mon, Jul 8, 2024 at 11:56 AM Lee wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 7, 2024 at 8:51 PM Andy Smith wrote: > > > > On Sun, Jul 07, 2024 at 06:02:18PM -0400, Lee wrote: > > > I tried plugging the dongle into my debian laptop but it didn't > > > recognize it :( > > > > In my experience USB serial gadgets on Li

Re: usb => serial port converter

2024-07-08 Thread Lee
On Sun, Jul 7, 2024 at 8:51 PM Andy Smith wrote: > > Hi, > > On Sun, Jul 07, 2024 at 06:02:18PM -0400, Lee wrote: > > I tried plugging the dongle into my debian laptop but it didn't > > recognize it :( > > In my experience USB serial gadgets on Linux tend to just work or > will never work. It work

Re: usb => serial port converter

2024-07-07 Thread tomas
On Sun, Jul 07, 2024 at 06:02:18PM -0400, Lee wrote: > What's everybody using for a usb => serial port converter? > > I got a new network switch and .. OhNoes!! how to I talk to the darn thing??? Most of them work with Linux anyway (some of them with some limitations). Stick

Re: usb => serial port converter

2024-07-07 Thread Andy Smith
Hi, On Sun, Jul 07, 2024 at 06:02:18PM -0400, Lee wrote: > I tried plugging the dongle into my debian laptop but it didn't > recognize it :( In my experience USB serial gadgets on Linux tend to just work or will never work. The default Debian kernels do have USB serial converter support enabled a

Re: usb => serial port converter

2024-07-07 Thread fxkl47BF
On Sun, 7 Jul 2024, Lee wrote: > What's everybody using for a usb => serial port converter? > > I got a new network switch and .. OhNoes!! how to I talk to the darn thing??? > > I went looking thru cabinets and came up with a keyspan usb -> serial > dongle; a qui

Re: usb => serial port converter

2024-07-07 Thread gene heskett
On 7/7/24 18:02, Lee wrote: What's everybody using for a usb => serial port converter? I got a new network switch and .. OhNoes!! how to I talk to the darn thing??? I went looking thru cabinets and came up with a keyspan usb -> serial dongle; a quick search found the site with drive

usb => serial port converter

2024-07-07 Thread Lee
What's everybody using for a usb => serial port converter? I got a new network switch and .. OhNoes!! how to I talk to the darn thing??? I went looking thru cabinets and came up with a keyspan usb -> serial dongle; a quick search found the site with driver downloads, but they a