usb com port number??

[unixperience]

Hello, I am trying to program a microcontroller and have a usb to serial converter.
the program needs to know which usb port I'm using. all i could find was the device address
I've looked in the /dev folder for tty.usb or cu.usb but there is no usb listing in my /dev folder!!!
Any idea how I find out what port to use? here is the sample linux code if this helps anyone

avrdude -pm644p -P/dev/ttyUSB0 -cbutterfly -b57600 -u -U flash:w:Lesson1.hex -F


basically I need to change the ttyUSB0 to whatever port I am actually using, thanks for any help you can give

[Guiyon]

Have you installed the drivers for the USB adaptor?

[balamw]

Originally Posted by Guiyon

Have you installed the drivers for the USB adaptor?

Yeah, unfortunately there are no standard drivers for these beasts unlike mass storage or HID.

I recommend the Keyspan adapters http://www.tripplite.com/cables/usb-adapters-/en/3914 for their great support software around the drivers. Expensive, but they work.

B

[unixperience]

the adapter I have is for a school project. It is supposed to work with mac, unfortunately everyone has just used windows for the project and can't quite remember how to get it to work with mac.

the adapter is for an amtel AVR device. if that helps anyone. I just can't download anything to my chip because I don't know how to identify the usb port I'm using

[Guiyon]

You need to figure out what controller chip the adapter is using and install the correct drivers for it. USB to serial adaptors will not work out of the box.

The most common ones are:
Prolific PL-2303
FTDI FT232R
Keyspan/Tripplite

[balamw]

Can you post a picture or any identifying marks from it?

B

[ulbador]

Open up the System Profiler and see if the device actually shows up under the USB heading.

If it is actually working, it could be any number of devices:

/dev/usb/tts/0
/dev/tty.usbserial
/dev/tty.USBSERIAL
/dev/cu.BIGLONGDEVICENAME

The best way to check would just to unplug it, then plug it in and type in an already open terminal:

ls -alrt /dev/

If the device is actually working, then the relevant device or device folder will be towards the very bottom (and SHOULD have something to do with usb, tty or cu).

[Zortrium]

This is a somewhat roundabout way, but I've found it much easier to use VMware to run a Linux VM in which to use my USB to serial converters than trying to get them to work in Mac OS X. Minimal setup and hassle, and some of the Mac serial drivers have a tendency to cause nasty kernel panics. YMMV.

[MacTech68]

Open Apple System Profiler and checking the USB Product ID and Manufacturer ID's. Then you might be able to determine what chipset the adapter is and get a driver for that.

I have a Prolific USB to RS232 adapter (used in many older Nokia phone cables) that I use for my old Barcode Scanner.

Apple System Profiler gives me:

USB-Serial Controller:

Version: 3.00
Bus Power (mA): 500
Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Prolific Technology Inc.
Product ID: 0x2303
Vendor ID: 0x067b

Installing the kext "osx-pl2303.kext" (installed by the Prolific driver) gives me

tty.PL2303-3B1

in /dev

another driver that works with this adapter is a different kext name and a different tty in dev.

[autorelease]

[previous post redacted]

If you're using a USB programmer like an AVRISP mkII, all you need to do is say

avrdude -P usb ...

but I don't think that works when using a USB-to-serial cable.

[unixperience]

Thanks for all the help. i found the device (it was in fact the FDTI FT232R) and using the alert command I found it was ttys000 or ttys001 depending on what usb i used(makes enough sense)

unfortunately though it says "programmer is not responding"

so thanks for your help thus far. if you want to take a swing at the new error, haha your more than welcome, but thanks to everyone for your help

ps i have the windows on a vm and bootcamp to do this project currently, i just hate windows and it said it works on mac... i just don't know how, so that's why i was trying

[unixperience]

actually I got it working!!!!

thanks again everyone!!!!

if anyone is interested, the alert command made about 5 changes when i plugged in the device(previously i used the most recent change to find the usb number)
this time i used the first change (tty.usbserial-A1000bB2) plugged that into my makefile and it worked fine. so the lesson is don't just check the very last file change