Larry's Linux customers like his USB Serial Adaptor!

I spent many years learning ATT UNIX running on a multi-user Zilog system back in the 70's and know I would totally love Linux. The only thing stopping me is a lack of time because for the last 30 years I've managed to build a successful business. Unsuccessful projects use up all your time trying to make them successful, but then too, the successful projects take up all your time keeping them being successful - so in the end, if you are in your own business, forget having time for doing the fun things that take large blocks of time (like writing code, etc.) unless that is your business. Anyway this page was not suposed to be about me but LINUX and our
customers who use our USB to serial adapter with Linux.

Envelope-to: b@pfranc.com Delivery-date: Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:34:08 -0800 Got the converter today. I'm using Debian Etch with a stock kernel. Plugged in your USB<->serial converter, and it just worked. The converter I had prior to this was from APC which on some devices like Cisco APs and some arrays would only display the text from the device, but not pass my keystrokes through to the device. I tested yours on one of our Cisco APs, and it worked great. Thnx g PS, if you post my message, please munge/omit my email address so spam address harvesting bots don't get it. thnx Subject: RE: USB to Serial adapter Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 11:36:21 -0500 From: "Calabro, Buck" To: "Larry Berg" < (the letter a) (at) pfranc.com> Hi Larry, Got the USB-Serial cable and it works a treat on both Windows XP and Linux (Fedora Core 3, kernel 2.6.12-1). For Linux, it worked straight away. I just plugged the modem into the cable, then plugged the cable into the USB port and no problems. The mct_u232 driver is already installed in FC3, as an lsmod will show. About the only thing you need to know is what Linux calls the port, and on my machine it is /dev/ttyUSB0. If you need to test the modem without installing any application software, you can echo atz > /dev/ttyUSB0 and watch the modem lights. Or, echo ati4 > /dev/ttyUSB0 and watch the lights -- they should blink a bit longer, depending on the modem. Nice job and add me to the list of satisfied customers! --buck Thanks again for your eMail Buck! BTW, I don't know if this would help anyone else but I ran into this Linux USB-guide page that talked about Vendor ID and Product ID and I don't remember if I have published our ID's so here they are: Manfacture: MCT (Magic Control Technology) Model: U232-P9 VID (Vendor ID) = 0711, PID (Product ID) = 0230, Serial numbers: ... call or email, Latest hardware version: (2.4) - see on side lable as of March 2006. mybest, larry, To: • Larrys USB serial adapter,   <-- here is more about our USB-serial adapter and where to buy one!

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