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From: Richard Kettlewell on 12 Oct 2009 10:39 Would anyone care to recommend (or disrecommend) a USB serial adapter supported by Linux? Ideally it would work when plugged into a Mac, too. -- http://www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/
From: Rob Norris on 12 Oct 2009 12:05 On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:39:03 +0100, Richard Kettlewell <rjk(a)greenend.org.uk> wrote: >Would anyone care to recommend (or disrecommend) a USB serial adapter >supported by Linux? > >Ideally it would work when plugged into a Mac, too. I used to use this one: http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/prods/Cables/AdaptersAndGenderChangers/Novatech/nlUSB0039.html It was between a Garmin GPS Etrex legend (serial end) and either an EEEPC or Debian Unstable PC for te USB end. Don't know about Mac though. Now I have a newer GPS which talks USB directly. Hence that cable is going spare if you want it (and I can find it!).
From: Theo Markettos on 12 Oct 2009 13:47 Richard Kettlewell <rjk(a)greenend.org.uk> wrote: > Would anyone care to recommend (or disrecommend) a USB serial adapter > supported by Linux? I don't think I've found one that won't. Software-wise there are roughly two sorts, ones that end up as /dev/ttyUSBx and others as /dev/ttyACMx. A lot of the cheap ones are made with the PL2303 chip or a clone, which works just fine as ttyUSB. > Ideally it would work when plugged into a Mac, too. I think those chips should be fairly well supported on Macs too. Theo
From: Martin Gregorie on 12 Oct 2009 17:04 On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:39:03 +0100, Richard Kettlewell wrote: > Would anyone care to recommend (or disrecommend) a USB serial adapter > supported by Linux? > > Ideally it would work when plugged into a Mac, too. I like the pfranc units. Not the cheapest, but they seem to 'just work'. The UK pfranc agent is Lynks Cables: http://www.lynks.co.uk -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |
From: Jonathan McDowell on 12 Oct 2009 19:19
Richard Kettlewell <rjk(a)greenend.org.uk> wrote: > Would anyone care to recommend (or disrecommend) a USB serial adapter > supported by Linux? > Ideally it would work when plugged into a Mac, too. http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.5859 PL2303 based and more reliable than the belkin_sa or cypress_m8 devices I've used (neither of which wanted to talk to my GPS, whereas the PL2303 did just fine). J. -- Revd. Jonathan McDowell, ULC | If I follow you home, will you keep me? |