USB to serial converter

[RANJAN]

Thanks.Will try and get back.
Regards
Sriranjan

On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 11:53 AM, Visti Andresen <talpa at talpa.dk> wrote:

> On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:03:47 +0530
> RANJAN <infibit at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > YOu mean this thing will work on any DISTRO?Also ser2net and picocom
> > are to be loaded into a PC which openmoko wants to talk to?Right.
>
> It should work on any distro that has a driver module for your
> USB->serial converter.
> And since the distros more or less shares the kernel source they either
> all have support for your specific hardware or none has.
>
> The "Sure. It should work just like on your PC." I believe was to be
> interpreted as:
> If you know how to access the USB->serial converter serial port on your
> desktop PC, then the procedure/programming required on a Freerunner is
> the same.
>
> NOTE: On the Freerunner you probably have to switch the USB controller
> into "host" mode first (see the wiki)
>
> One of the brilliant things about running Linux on a phone is the fact
> that your phone is then behaving just like your PC (running Linux)
>
> >
> > Sriranjan
> >
> > On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 12:05 AM, Timo Juhani Lindfors
> > <timo.lindfors at iki.fi
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > RANJAN <infibit at gmail.com> writes:
> > > > I want to make free runner communicate with an embedded device
> > > > and for
> > > that
> > > > I need a serial port.Can I use a USB to serial converter on the
> > > > free
> > > runner
> > > > and how shall I do the serial communication?(software and
> > > > hardware?)
> > >
> > > Sure. It should work just like on your PC.
> > >
> > > You load the usb-serial module and a /dev/ttyUSB* device will
> > > appear. Then you can use e.g. ser2net or picocom to talk to it.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
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