USB to serial driver code

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Just purchased a new laptop and found that it only has USB ports. No serial
port is available. To interface with existing QNX programs I need some USB
to serial development software. Does this exist for QNX 4.26? Would
appreciate any help

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John Kaye <jekaye@total.net> wrote:

Just purchased a new laptop and found that it only has USB ports. No serial
port is available. To interface with existing QNX programs I need some USB
to serial development software. Does this exist for QNX 4.26? Would
appreciate any help

I don’t know. I don’t think so. Maybe someone from QSSL can prove me
wrong (it wouldn’t be the first time).

Then again, I didn’t know there was a QNX 4.26! Or was this a typo?

I do know that several patches were recently released. I haven’t
installed them yet (if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it).

Let me know about the version, and good luck.

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If it is possible to use PCMCIA card in the notebook, you can use such a
card with two serial ports (just be aware of ,p option for Dev.ser -see
usage)

Andy

“John Kaye” <jekaye@total.net> wrote in message
news:b3pdre$3or$1@inn.qnx.com…

Just purchased a new laptop and found that it only has USB ports. No
serial
port is available. To interface with existing QNX programs I need some USB
to serial development software. Does this exist for QNX 4.26? Would
appreciate any help

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Andy

Thanks for your info regarding setting up the Dev.ser configuration. I did
not realize you meant ,p option. I will check the usage as you suggested.
Is the “pcmcia.generic” driver the one to start for ALL cards present in the
laptop. There doesn’t appear to be any other?

John

I really appreciate your help.

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John Kaye <jekaye@total.net> wrote:

Andy

Thanks for your info regarding setting up the Dev.ser configuration. I did
not realize you meant ,p option. I will check the usage as you suggested.
Is the “pcmcia.generic” driver the one to start for ALL cards present in the
laptop. There doesn’t appear to be any other?

John

I really appreciate your help.

here is an example (one PCMCIA network card and one PCMCIA serial port card)
(PcmciaBeep and PcmciaLaunch are not inevitable, you can launch Net.ether1000
directly too.)

slay -fQ Net.ether1000
slay -fQ Net
slay -fQ PcmciaBeep
slay -fQ Pcmcia.generic
slay -fQ PcmciaLaunch
sleep 1

Net &
Pcmcia.generic &
pin
PcmciaBeep &
PcmciaLaunch ‘0x601,Net.ether1000 -v -i$IRQ -p$IOPORT -A00A00C13CA9A’ -R &
netmap -f
sleep 1
Dev.ser -N ser3 3e8,9,p &

Andy