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Date:      Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:53:11 +0100
From:      Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl>
To:        Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Cc:        stan <stanb@panix.com>
Subject:   Re: USBserial port convertor
Message-ID:  <20091216235311.GA71135@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
In-Reply-To: <20091216155128.GA4758@teddy.fas.com>
References:  <20091216155128.GA4758@teddy.fas.com>

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On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 10:51:28AM -0500, stan wrote:
> I need to support 5 RS-232 streams with my FreeBSD 7.2 machine. I just
> purchased UTS-408A-S1 8 port adapter. When I plug it in, I get the
> following in dmesg:
>=20
> uhub3: <vendor 0x0409 product 0x005a, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 2> on
> uhub1
> uhub3: single transaction translator
> uhub3: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
> ucom0: <FTDI FT232R USB UART, class 0/0, rev 2.00/6.00, addr 3> on uhub3
> ucom1: <FTDI FT232R USB UART, class 0/0, rev 2.00/6.00, addr 4> on uhub3

Looks like it works. :-) the ucom(4) driver attaches.

> Do I need to add a driver to my kernel? Right now I have the GENERIC one
> installed.=20

No. The ucom(4) driver has already recognized them.

> What devices should I try?

Try /dev/cuaU? and /dev/ttyU? See ucom(4) and comcontrol(1).

Roland
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R.F.Smith                                   http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/
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