How to Connect a USB Serial Device

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Tip 1 - How to connect to a terminal to Serial-USB device on Ubuntu 10.10?

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by dvv | permalink

I am trying to connect minicom to a serial device that is connected via a USB to Serial adapter. This is a PL2303 and from everything I've read no additional drivers are required. The device is

For further reading: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5347962/how-to-connect-to-a-terminal-to-serial-usb-device-on-ubuntu-10-10 ^[1]