[Linux-ham] RT Systems USB-to-series cable & linux driver?

[John C Borkowski III]

RT Systems cable use a non standard ID. There is a bunch of detail on it 
over on the CHIRP site here 
<http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/CableGuide> and here 
<http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/CableGuide_FTDI_OEM_Cables>

John
> Mike Coles <mailto:bluelip at gmail.com>
> February 22, 2016 at 1:51 PM
> Hello,
>
>        Most of the time, "it just works". Obviously, this is not the 
> case this time. Does the device show up with an `lsusb` command? Which 
> modules are listed with `lsmod | grep -i usb`?  I didn't see the 
> chipset listed on the manufacturer's website. Is it listed in the 
> device manager on your Windows box?
>
> --
> Mike
>
> --
> Mike
>
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> Ken Kuzenski <mailto:ken.kuzenski at duke.edu>
> February 22, 2016 at 1:12 PM
> I'm running Fedora 21 at home on some old laptops, and at work on my 
> personal laptop. Love it, no problems. Except for one: I can't seem to 
> make my RT Systems USB-to-serial cable (RT-62 or 63, don't recall) 
> work with linux. So to do RTTY and logging with my FT-950, I actually 
> use an old Win XP laptop.
>
> I found Windows drivers for the cable's chipset on the chip 
> manufacturer's website. But they didn't have linux drivers.
>
> I'm guessing the drivers might have made it to a more recent version 
> of Fedora, but I'm reluctant to change my current OS in case a newer 
> Fedora (or any other distro) doesn't actually support the RT Systems 
> cables. My hardware is on the old side (one has a sticker reading 
> "Made for Windows Vista!") and I'm not sure a newer OS would be 
> helpful--UNLESS it actually works with the RT Systems cable chipset.
>
> Does anybody know for sure?
>
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