[GTALUG] Actual ttyS0 MIA

[Karen Lewellen]

Hi Scott,
Thanks for providing this information, in part you  just answered a 
question I  have not asked, always a plus.
will need to study your answer a bit so I picture it better.
cheers,
Kare



On Sun, 10 May 2020, Scott Allen wrote:

> On Sun, 10 May 2020 at 17:30, Karen Lewellen via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
>> for example if the program would talk to a serial device on com 4, how
>> would you  achieve the same  goal  via a USB to serial adapter?
>
> Under Linux, serial ports are named as "files" under the /dev
> directory, usually starting with tty. Real serial ports are usually
> name ttySx (with x being a number. USB serial ports are usually named
> ttyUSBx, or sometimes ttyACMx if it identifies as a modem type device.
>
> However, there are ways to give a device any name you like based on
> its model, manufacturer, serial number or other identifying parameters
> that the device provides.
>
> -- 
> Scott
>
>