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I was trying to send commands to the ssc-32 using a usb to serial cable since my laptop (like most new computers) doesn’t have any serial ports and I’m not sure of the best way to setup communications. I was able to confirm that the “prolific usb” driver is installed and all of the usb ports appear to be available. I was trying to use perl (also attempted with python) to talk to the usb ports, but wasn’t sure if the “Device::Serial” or “Device::USB” module was the way to go. does anyone have any advice on setting this up?

Thanks

Kevin

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Hi
Linux identifies USB to serial converters like the BAFO cable as /dev/ttyUSB0 or /dev/ttyUSB1 …

Try that on a terminal program like gtkterm , i use it for a phillips 8051 micro from my laptop running ubuntu linux …

Regards
Deepak

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Hi Guys,
This is Laracroft,
I am agree with Baruad.
In Linux kernel USB ports are identified by “/dev/ttyUSB0” and so on.
You should try this on terminal program.

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The USB serial driver currently supports a number of different USB to serial converter products, as well as some devices that use a serial interface from userspace to talk to the device.This serial driver supports a wide range of USB to serial adapters. It also allows communication with the Handspring Visor. You need to turn on USB Serial Converter support, and then select whichever of the various particular drivers you need.