[c-nsp] USB to serial converter

[Alex Balashov]

In minicom, have you made sure to turn off hardware flow control, and/or 
experiment with various combinations of software flow control on/off?

In Linux, it is generally necessary to always turn hardware flow control 
off in order to get it to work.  Not sure about *BSD.

Chris wrote:

> I bought a Prolific USB to serial controller
> (http://tinyurl.com/35ocwv [ebay.com]) to get access to my Cisco 2950
> switch through my laptop's USB port. I tried from OpenBSD 4.2 on
> /dev/ttyU0 and /dev/cuaU0 using cu, tip and minicom with baud rate
> 9600 and 8,N,1 with no luck. I also tried from Vista with Hypter
> Terminal on COM4 but it's not responding. The only thing I get from
> OpenBSD with /dev/ttyU0 is a lot of garbage characters at the
> beginning (nothing happens after the garbage) -
> 
> ..5%(.!3..=.((((3'=./A-#-.(((('!=7A/5'.5((((;!!. .-.9/.('5.
> ..5%((W/5(3!''!.-#1(9!%%=#7.(.-''(-#-.-='-53'=./(3-'5.
> ..5%(/=.(;55#(-#.5..57(.!.!(-#-.-='-.=..=..9..9.9.O%!75%(3-
> 
> The device is detected on OpenBSD as Prolific Technology Inc.
> USB-Serial Controller, rev 1.10/3.00.
> 
> Could anyone help me with a solution or recommend a new converter for
> Cisco 2950 switch?
> 
> Any help would be really appreciated. Thanks.
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