Communicating with a USB device

David Shaw · Post by **David Shaw** » Thu May 26, 2011 4:13 pm

OK, I know this has been asked before, but I'm afraid I can't find it in
the archives, so I'm asking *again*.

Sorry.

I have a USB device (Parallax Propellor USB servo controller
http://tinyurl.com/425jm8q) - that uses an FTDI chip to appear on a
Windows system as a COM port and which, so far as I can tell, appears on
my Linux box as /dev/ttyUSB0 (at least, that device appears when I plug
the board in and disappears when I unplug it).

How do I get Wine to see this device if, indeed, I can?

Many thanks,

David Shaw

jorl17 · Post by **jorl17** » Thu May 26, 2011 7:56 pm

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ln -s /dev/ttyUSB0 ~/.wine/dosdevices/com1

That should do the trick. Wine is programmed to "know" that that device is com1. At least I've used that perfectly with my USB to Serial converter.

Cheers,

Jorl17