The serial interface or serial port, also known as RS-232 is a communication port used to connect modems, mouses, some printers, scanners and other hardware equipment.
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Is it possible to reset FTDI virtual com ports enumeration, we easily get hundreds of COM ports in production environment
I have also asked this on serverfault but perhaps it is better suited to be asked here? I hope I'm not breaking any etiquette.
When producing devices that use a FTDI USB to serial chip to ...
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How can I send data to the serial port from a Linux shell?
I need to find the linux way of running the following DOS commands:
MODE COM1: 9600,N,8,1,P
COPY FIRMWARE.COD COM1
Is this possible? I know COM1 in Linux is /dev/ttyS0 but that's about it.
How do ...
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Serial connection between 2 computers
I recently purchased a USB to serial cable to connect to other desktop computers (reason is for headless servers), and I don't know if it is working right or I am just doing something wrong. The USB ...
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Serial ports COM3-COM49 used, but not listed in device manager
Some piece of software or some driver appears to be using the serial ports COM3-COM49.
New COM ports for Bluetooth et al get assigned ridiculous numbers over 50. When I try to change the number, ...
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What (traditional) modems work with Windows Vista 64-bit or Windows 7 64-bit?
I have a US Robotics v.Everything modem that I occasionally used for fax and Internet dial-in backup access. However, that modem connected to my previous PC using a plain RS-232 9-pin serial port. ...
