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Changing permissions on serial port
I'm using the Arduino IDE in Ubuntu, and am having issues with the serial port. It has worked in the past, but for reasons that may be unnecesary, I felt the need to change the ownership of some of ...
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Set up a Serial-to-Ethernet Converter With a Virtual Serial Port
I have a '3one data' brand serial-to ethernet converter, that plugs into a serial device at one end, and allows bidirectional communications with the device over an ethernet connection, like this:
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why do I have 32 ttyS
I seem to have ttyS0 all the way to ttyS31, the only real (well virtual but at least they do someting) serialports on my machine are ttyACM0 and rfcomm0, what are all these ttyS's for?
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Can't access host serial port on VirtualBox Winxp
My host is ubuntu 11.04.
The guest is WinXP VirtualBox is 4.0.10
The serial port works well with putty in ubuntu.
I setup as: COM1/4/0x3F8/Host Device/
Port Path: /dev/ttyS0
Then I close putty, to ...
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How to distinguish between identical USB-to-serial adapters?
I use a number of identical USB-to-serial adapters with my laptop (Ubuntu 9.10). The adapters are manufactured by Sabrent and are built around a Prolific PL2303 IC, as shown by lsusb:
Bus 001 Device ...
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How to access serial ubuntu host serial port on VirtualBox guest OS
I am having a difficult time trying to access a serial port on VirtualBox. My Guest OS is Windows XP and the host environment is Linux Ubuntu 10.04.
The serial modem device works perfectly in Ubuntu. ...
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How to access to cisco's serial port using an usb-adapter? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I know if my serial adapter card is working?
I should connect to a Cisco Router by serial port, someone suggested me to use an usb-adapter, I did it.
Of ...
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How to invoke kernel with serial console?
How do I invoke the kernel with serial console on 12.04?
In 10.04 I could just add console=ttyS0 in kernel line or install quiet console=ttyS0 on boot: line
How do I do that in 12.04?
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Connecting to MSP430 via /dev/ttyACM0
I'd like some suggestions about how to fix garbled serial output from a device connected on /dev/ttyACM0. Lately I've been working on a development project making use of TI's MSP430 microcontroller ...
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Need to configure 4 Serial ports virtualbox guest win machine (my host is ubuntu 11.10)
I have an application that run's on winNT and requires the APCI-7500 card (a 4-multiport serial card), so I've installed the winNT thru virtualbox, but as i try to configure the serial ports I notice ...
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How to find full path of device I've connected?
I have USB device, which is actually identified as serial device by Ubuntu 10.04. How can I find its full path?
ls -la /dev/
shows a lot of devices. How to choose correct one?
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cannot open /dev/ttyS0: Permission denied, but in dialout group
I am trying to use my 9 pin serial port to connect my automotive ECU to my computer (megasquirt controller). I've done this before with Ubuntu 10.04 but now that I've just upgraded to 12.04 it simply ...
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How to connect Creative GigaWorks ProGamer G550W wireless speakers through a serial port
These connect through a device on a serial port transmitting audio signal via wi-fi. The traditional jack is on "the other" end of the system.
I could not find anything on the Creative Labs website ...
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How do I send ASCII string to Arduino over COM port?
I would like to send an ACII string over a com port using the linux terminal. How can I do that.
I am using Kubuntu 12.04
I am brand new to linux and serial communication. I just got an arduino. ...
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How do I get OBDII software working?
I have an ODBII USB cable for vehicle diagnostics, unfortunately I haven't been able to get it working on Ubuntu 12.04. The closest I've come is using the VAG-COM software with wine, using the ln -s ...
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3rd and 4th serial port not configured on startup
Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS 3.2.0-39-generic-pae
Hi there, the PC I'm working on has 4 serial ports.
ttyS0 and ttyS1 function properly straight from startup,
ttyS2 and ttyS3 do not.
here is the relevant ...
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How to get terminal input from keyboard, but output to serial port?
The ARM board computer I am currently working on does not have a working framebuffer terminal due to a buggy kernel.
I have managed to follow the instructions at ...
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Using an InputClass section with a serial device in xorg.conf.d [closed]
I have a very old RS232 serial tablet (an AceCad III). It does work in Ubuntu, because I've been able to get it to work by disabling hotplug in the X server, but I'd rather leave input device hotplug ...
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How to forward serial devices' input to X?
We have a barcode scanner used here, which for some reason has to be a serial device. So all its scanning output is sent to /dev/ttyACM0. If I cat /dev/ttyACM0, I could get the strings.
Problem now ...
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Why Ubuntu 11.04 under 64b is not able to identify sunspots on serial port?
I am running SunSpot sdk under ubuntu 11.04,64bit.I have connected my sunspot basestation and after running ant info for my spot it is not possible to be identified. I am getting the following:
ant ...
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How do I install an Xbee? I am trying to do it with ruby
Download the ruby-xbee tarball from Here. Extracted the bundle into its permanent directory:
cd to /ruby*pcc
Did
$ ln -s ruby-serial-port-0.6-linux-intel ruby-serialport-0.6
$ ruby extconf.rb ...
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linux serial port configuration
I need to connect an Intel Series Panel PC to two DB9 serial connectors. There are 4 COMs and 4 USB ports, ttyS1 is dedicated to Elo TouchScreen serial port,(manually installed, it is serial). I can ...
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How to remove serial port dirver support
I want to remove my serial port support from my Ubuntu 10.04. So somebody can guide me?
Please tell me the steps so that I can remove that support from my PC parmenantly or temporary.
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Serial console configuration
So I have an Ubuntu server (12.10) running on Shuttle XS36V. This computer is totaly headless (just connected on the TV while installing).
Now, I'm trying to use the serial port to connect to my box ...
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Connect the dial-up modem to the COM-port
I'm trying to connect a dial-up modem to a COM-port in Ubuntu.
Seems that dmesg | grep tty command return that there is the opened serial port, but neither minicom nor wvdial utilities establish the ...
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How can I get lirc working with an IRman on a usb port? [closed]
I'm hoping someone here will have some insight. I'm trying to get LIRC working with an old IRman serial receiver through a USB-Serial adapter and am having some difficulty getting lirc to see any ...
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Serial (or USB) port monitor for Ubuntu [closed]
I have an electronic device (commercially available, which someone else made), which essentially consists of a series of photoelectric cells, going through a black box of electronics, and through to a ...
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USB to Serial in Chrubuntu - /dev/ttyUSB0 missing [closed]
The usbserial stuff has been working so well for me in Ubuntu for a number of years that I have almost forgotten how to troubleshoot it. I just installed Chrubuntu, however, and now my usbserial is ...
