Man termios(3) is the correct man page for this style of programming.Īny serial application which talks to the device using just the

Terminal emulators and palm pilot software. For this to work you needĪ standard serial interface so you can use off the shelf tools like Using a usb serial interface from my laptop. I wrote the driver so I could talk to unix servers and my palm pilot This way gives you moreįlexibility but you will probably have to write your own code. libftdi programming which is more flexible and which uses.This method allows you to use off the shelf software like POSIX serial programming using the kernel driver described on.

You can interact with the device in two ways. If you want to actively maintain the driverĪnd look after this sourceforge site send me a mail at to use the device I (Bill Ryder) do not maintain this driver anymore. If you have a device that is new or isn't in the list of VID/PIDs In this page are based on 2.6.32.16 so there may be some minor differences. Most distros will include the driver by default. Although the driver is marked experimental it's not Non Standard Baudrates What ioctls are known to work Todo References and useful links USBINFO for the devices I have The original FTDI_SIO I have The 8U232AM sample I have The 245 sample I have Acknowledgements Feedback How do I manually load it? What are some debug techniques Why doesn't setserial work as expected? Submitting patches for new VID/PIDs Old web site stuff Serial loopback tester. Quick summary Ways to use the device POSIX serial programming libftdi Frequently Asked Questions How do I check to see if the driver loaded? My device is not recognised by the kernel.

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