xref: /dragonfly/share/man/man4/uplcom.4 (revision c3762235)
1.\" $NetBSD: uplcom.4,v 1.9 2002/02/07 03:15:09 ross Exp $
2.\"
3.\" Copyright (c) 2001 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
4.\" All rights reserved.
5.\"
6.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
7.\" by Lennart Augustsson.
8.\"
9.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
10.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
11.\" are met:
12.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
13.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
14.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
15.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
16.\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
17.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
18.\"    must display the following acknowledgment:
19.\"        This product includes software developed by the NetBSD
20.\"        Foundation, Inc. and its contributors.
21.\" 4. Neither the name of The NetBSD Foundation nor the names of its
22.\"    contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
23.\"    from this software without specific prior written permission.
24.\"
25.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS
26.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
27.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
28.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS
29.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
30.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
31.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
32.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
33.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
34.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
35.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
36.\"
37.\" $FreeBSD: src/share/man/man4/uplcom.4,v 1.15 2006/08/20 05:56:00 imp Exp $
38.\"
39.Dd July 29, 2007
40.Dt UPLCOM 4
41.Os
42.Sh NAME
43.Nm uplcom
44.Nd USB support for Prolific PL-2303/2303X/2303HX serial adapters driver
45.Sh SYNOPSIS
46To compile this driver into the kernel,
47place the following lines in your
48kernel configuration file:
49.Bd -ragged -offset indent
50.Cd "device uplcom"
51.Cd "device ucom"
52.Ed
53.Pp
54Alternatively, to load the driver as a
55module at boot time, place the following line in
56.Xr loader.conf 5 :
57.Bd -literal -offset indent
58uplcom_load="YES"
59.Ed
60.Sh DESCRIPTION
61The
62.Nm
63driver provides support for various serial adapters based on the Prolific
64PL-2303, PL-2303X and PL-2303HX USB-to-RS232 Bridge chips.
65.Pp
66The device is accessed through the
67.Xr ucom 4
68driver which makes it behave like a
69.Xr tty 4 .
70.Sh HARDWARE
71The
72.Nm
73driver supports the following devices:
74.Pp
75.Bl -bullet -compact
76.It
77Alcatel One Touch 535/735 phones
78.It
79Aten UC-232A USB to serial adapter
80.It
81BAFO BF-800 and BF-810 USB to serial adapters
82.It
83Belkin F5U257 USB to serial adapter
84.It
85Elecom UC-SGT USB to serial adapter
86.It
87HAL Corporation Crossam2+USB IR commander
88.It
89Hama USB RS-232 serial adapter
90.It
91Hamlet exagerate XURS232
92.It
93Huawei UMTS/HSDPA adapters
94.It
95IOGEAR UC-232A
96.It
97I/O DATA USB-RSAQ series USB to serial adapters
98.It
99Itegno GSM/GPRS and CDMA modems
100.It
101Leadtek 9531 GPS
102.It
103Mobile Action MA-620 IrDA
104.It
105Nokia CA-42 USB data cable clones
106.It
107Panasonic TYTP50P6S 50" touch panel
108.It
109Pharos 360 GPS
110.It
111PLANEX USB-RS232 URS-03
112.It
113Radio Shack USB to serial cable
114.It
115RATOC REX-USB60 USB to serial adapter
116.It
117Sagem USB data cables
118.It
119Samsung I330 smartphone cradle
120.It
121Sandberg USB to Serial Link (model number 133-08)
122.It
123Siemens SX1 cellphone
124.It
125Siemens x65 and x75 series cellphones
126.It
127Sitecom USB to serial cable
128.It
129Sony-Ericsson (Susteen) DCU-10 and DCU-11 USB data cables
130.It
131Sourcenext KeikaiDenwa 8 (with and without charger)
132.It
133Susteen Datapilot Universal-2 Phone Cable
134.It
135Syntech CPT-8001C barcode scanner USB IR cradle
136.It
137TDK USB-PHS adapter UHA6400
138.It
139TDK USB-PDC adapter UPA9664
140.It
141Tripp-Lite U209-000-R USB to serial cable
142.It
143Willcom W-SIM DD PHS terminal (WS002IN)
144.El
145.Pp
146The list is far from being complete and the
147.Nm
148driver provides support for many more devices based on original Prolific
149chips or it's clones:
150.Pp
151.Bl -bullet -compact
152.It
153Alcor AU9720 USB to serial controller
154.It
155Anchor Chips USB to serial controller
156.It
157Speed Dragon Multimedia MS3303H USB to serial controller
158.El
159.Sh SEE ALSO
160.Xr tty 4 ,
161.Xr ucom 4 ,
162.Xr usb 4
163.Sh HISTORY
164The
165.Nm
166driver
167appeared in
168.Nx 1.6 .
169This manual page was adopted from
170.Nx
171by
172.An Tom Rhodes Aq Mt trhodes@FreeBSD.org
173in April 2002.
174