click in the menu to "search for Files on the PC" and enter the key word "terminal" in the search window. Then click on the icon of the terminal (small black window icon) visible on the screen. OR Use the 3 keys CTRL + ALT + T In the Terminal window that opens, enter the command lsusb It should list the FTDI ports connected to the PC as shown by white arrows hereunder: Optionally, you can compare the results by first entering this command without connecting the converters, and then do the same with converters connected. The detected devices on USB will probably be available as follows: ttyUSB0 for virtual port COM1 ttyUSB1 for virtual port COM2 The needed steps : - Establish the link between ttyUSB0 and COM1 between ttyUSB1 and COM2 - Add COM ports ( dialout ) to user group ( on my PC group = on4nb ) - Make the two ports accessible under / .wine - Give the correct permissions to allow access to the tty files from the current user group. Note: Some commands must be entered twice, once for each COM port. Beware to respect uppercase / lowercase. They must be used in the commands exactly as they are shown ! Indeed, if I type the command setserial /dev/ttyS0 that’s ok, I see com 1 linked to the address 3f8 and IRQ4 BUT , if I type the command setserial /dev/ttys0 that will not work because the S in ttyS0 should be in uppercase !!! Linux as Unix are sensitive to upper / lower case… The first thing to do is record the details of the equipment listed by lsusb for virtual ports and by lspci if the ports are installed in the PC ( on motherboard or a PCI card ) Here, the two converters have a chipset "Prolific" and as shown by the white arrows on the screenshot above, the ID parameters to be used are manufacturer ID 067b and type of product 2303.
click in the menu to "search for Files on the PC" and enter the key word "terminal" in the search window. Then click on the icon of the terminal (small black window icon) visible on the screen. OR Use the 3 keys CTRL + ALT + T In the Terminal window that opens, enter the command lsusb It should list the FTDI ports connected to the PC as shown by white arrows hereunder: Optionally, you can compare the results by first entering this command without connecting the converters, and then do the same with converters connected. The detected devices on USB will probably be available as follows: ttyUSB0 for virtual port COM1 ttyUSB1 for virtual port COM2 The needed steps : - Establish the link between ttyUSB0 and COM1 between ttyUSB1 and COM2 - Add COM ports ( dialout ) to user group ( on my PC group = on4nb ) - Make the two ports accessible under / .wine - Give the correct permissions to allow access to the tty files from the current user group. Note: Some commands must be entered twice, once for each COM port. Beware to respect uppercase / lowercase. They must be used in the commands exactly as they are shown ! Indeed, if I type the command setserial /dev/ttyS0 that’s ok, I see com 1 linked to the address 3f8 and IRQ4 BUT , if I type the command setserial /dev/ttys0 that will not work because the S in ttyS0 should be in uppercase !!! Linux as Unix are sensitive to upper / lower case… The first thing to do is record the details of the equipment listed by lsusb for virtual ports and by lspci if the ports are installed in the PC ( on motherboard or a PCI card ) Here, the two converters have a chipset "Prolific" and as shown by the white arrows on the screenshot above, the ID parameters to be used are manufacturer ID 067b and type of product 2303.