On Sun, Jul 7, 2024 at 8:51 PM Andy Smith wrote: > > Hi, > > On Sun, Jul 07, 2024 at 06:02:18PM -0400, Lee wrote: > > I tried plugging the dongle into my debian laptop but it didn't > > recognize it :( > > In my experience USB serial gadgets on Linux tend to just work or > will never work.
It worked this time! Other than plugging it into a windows machine that had the proper drivers first, I don't know what changed. > > And what program are you using to talk to something over the serial > > link? pterm or something else? > > I use either minicom or GNU Screen. You'll need to know the baud > rate that the device expects, though you can just try a few common > ones and see what works. e.g. > > # screen /dev/ttyUSB0 115200 Great! I had to add myself to the dialout group to be able to talk to the device, but screen /dev/ttyUSB0 38400 works. Thanks Lee
