<p dir="ltr">You need a USB to Serial device.<br>
Like the FTDI cable</p>
<p dir="ltr">Just a usb port is not a serial port<br>
Ceri</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 20 May 2015 22:52, "Alan Cox" <<a href="mailto:alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk">alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Wed, 20 May 2015 21:58:18 +0100<br>
Tim Moore <<a href="mailto:timmoore47@gmail.com">timmoore47@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> I've got a aged Thinkpad with 4 USB 2 ports,<br>
><br>
> Its running Ubuntu 14.04 32 bit.<br>
><br>
> I'm trying to talk to a MicroMite using picocom.<br>
><br>
> But it doesn't find ttyusb0<br>
><br>
> Looking in /dev/ there are loads of tty's but not ttyusb0<br>
<br>
What tty you get may depend upon the device your USB-serial dongle is<br>
using. Generic ACM interfaces will be /dev/ttyACM* while the various USB<br>
dongles will be /dev/ttyUSB* (note caps)<br>
<br>
If the dongle USB identifier isn't known then you've got another problem<br>
8)<br>
<br>
Also check lsusb - make sure the device is visible!<br>
<br>
Alan<br>
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