Rotators

This revision is from 2013/01/31 17:51. You can Restore it.

Arduino rotators module connect to server via USB/UART interface.

Every interface must have a different serial number, to uniquely identify the server.

Configure usb ID

USB converters from FTDI contain a unique serial number.

To show (or change) can be used to program FTDI FT_Prog

watch ids in Linux

pi@remoteqth ~ $ dmesg
[56598.014467] usb 1-1.3: new full-speed USB device number 11 using dwc_otg
[56598.122587] usb 1-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=0403, idProduct=6001
[56598.122616] usb 1-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[56598.122633] usb 1-1.3: Product: FT232R USB UART
[56598.122645] usb 1-1.3: Manufacturer: FTDI
[56598.122657] usb 1-1.3: SerialNumber: A4015SXM
[56598.138829] ftdi_sio 1-1.3:1.0: FTDI USB Serial Device converter detected
[56598.138997] usb 1-1.3: Detected FT232RL
[56598.139014] usb 1-1.3: Number of endpoints 2
[56598.139029] usb 1-1.3: Endpoint 1 MaxPacketSize 64
[56598.139042] usb 1-1.3: Endpoint 2 MaxPacketSize 64
[56598.139055] usb 1-1.3: Setting MaxPacketSize 64
[56598.140008] usb 1-1.3: FTDI USB Serial Device converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[56602.104349] usb 1-1.2: new full-speed USB device number 12 using dwc_otg
[56602.206870] usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=10c4, idProduct=ea60
[56602.206900] usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[56602.206918] usb 1-1.2: Product: CP2102 USB to UART Bridge Controller
[56602.206933] usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: Silicon Labs
[56602.206946] usb 1-1.2: SerialNumber: 7301
[56602.216680] cp210x 1-1.2:1.0: cp210x converter detected
[56602.294363] usb 1-1.2: reset full-speed USB device number 12 using dwc_otg
[56602.396026] usb 1-1.2: cp210x converter now attached to ttyUSB1