usb drivers

[Doug Stewart]

On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 6:40 PM, Stephen M. Webb <stephen at ubuntu.com> wrote:

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> On 09/11/2011 06:23 PM, Doug Stewart wrote:
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> > I am trying to learn how to watch a usb port with a terminal.
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> > I an using Ubuntu 10.04
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> > I have a little micro controller board (mbed nxp lpc1768) and it has
> > a usb port on it for data transmission to a PC.
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> > The usb driver for the PC end is said to be already in the linux kernal
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> > What I need to know is:
> > how to look and see what usb ports are in use'
> > and what drivers a connected to what usb ports.
> Well, there's really only 1 USB driver that connects to a port.  The
> usual tools to start with is 'lsusb' (from the usbutils package), and
> maybe dmesg.
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> I've never actually used USB directly for comms with an embedded
> device:  almost always the device has a serial port for comms and the
> USB for input to the device.  I can drive a serial line with a USB
> adaptor:  minicom just knowns which port to use.
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> Stephen M. Webb  <stephen at ubuntu.com>
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thank you.  this is what I get:
doug at doug-desktopq4:~$ lsusb
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 003: ID 0403:6001 Future Technology Devices International,
Ltd FT232 USB-Serial (UART) IC
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0d28:0204
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 413c:2011 Dell Computer Corp.
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 413c:1005 Dell Computer Corp.
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 413c:3012 Dell Computer Corp. Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 058f:6362 Alcor Micro Corp. Hi-Speed 21-in-1 Flash
Card Reader/Writer (Internal/External)
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
doug at doug-desktopq4:~$


This looks like the one i want to monitor: how can I watch what is comming
in on this one?

 Bus 005 Device 003: ID 0403:6001 Future Technology Devices International,
Ltd FT232 USB-Serial (UART) IC

Doug
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