UPLCOM(4)

NAME
uplcom - USB support for Prolific PL-2303/2303X/2303HX serial adapters driver

SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:

device usb
device ucom
device uplcom

Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):

    uplcom_load="YES"

DESCRIPTION
The uplcom driver provides support for various serial adapters based on the Prolific PL-2303, PL-2303X and PL-2303HX USB-to-RS232 Bridge chips.

The device is accessed through the ucom(4) driver which makes it behave like a tty(4).

HARDWARE
The uplcom driver supports the following devices and adapters:

•   ADLINK ND-6530 USB-Serial Adapter
•   Alcatel One Touch 535/735 Phone
•   Alcor AU9720 USB-RS232 Serial Adapter
•   AlDiga AL-11U Modem
•   Alltronix ACM003U00 Modem
•   Anchor Serial adapter
•   ATEN UC-232A
•   BAFO BF-800 and BF-810
•   Belkin F5U257
•   BenQ S81 Phone
•   Corega CG-USBRS232R Serial Adapter
•   Cressi Edy (Seiko) Diving Computer
•   ELECOM UC-SGT Serial Adapter
•   HAL Corporation Crossam2+USB IR commander
•   Hama USB RS-232 Serial Adapter
•   Hamlet exaggerate XURS232
•   HP LD220 Point-Of-Sale (POS) Display
•   IOGEAR UC-232A
•   I/O DATA USB-RSAQ, USB-RSAQ2, USB-RSAQ3 and USB-RSAQ5
•   iTegno WM1080A GSM/GFPRS Modem
•   iTegno WM2080A CDMA Modem
•   Leadtek 9531 GPS
•   Micromax 610U Modem
•   Microsoft Palm 700WX
•   Mobile Action MA-620 Infrared Adapter
•   Motorola Cables
•   Nokia CA-42 Cable
•   OTI DKU-5 cable
•   Panasonic TY-TP50P6-S flat screen
•   PLX CA-42 Phone Cable
•   PLANEX USB-RS232 URS-03
•   Prolific Generic USB-Serial Adapters
•   Prolific Pharos USB-Serial Adapter
•   RATOC REX-USB60
•   Radio Shack USB Serial Cable
•   Sagem USB-Serial Adapter
•   Samsung I330 Phone Cradle
•   Sandberg USB to Serial Link (model number 133-08)
•   Sanwa KB-USB2 Multimeter cable
•   Siemens/BenQ EF81, SX1, X65 and X75 Mobile Phones
•   Sitecom USB-Serial Adapter
•   SMART Technologies USB-Serial Adapter
•   Sony QN3 Phone Cable
•   Sony Ericsson Datapilot
•   Sony Ericsson DCU-10 and DCU-11 (Susteen) USB Cables
•   SOURCENEXT KeikaiDenwa 8 (with and without charger)
•   Speed Dragon USB-Serial Cable
•   Syntech CPT-8001C Barcode Scanner
•   TDK UHA6400 and UPA9664 USB-PHS Adapters
•   TRENDnet USB to Serial Converter (TU-S9)
•   Tripp-Lite U209-000-R USB-Serial Adapter
•   UIC HCR331 Magnetic Stripe Card Reader
•   UIC MSR206 Magnetic Stripe Card Reader
•   Willcom W-SIM DD PHS terminal.(WS002IN)
•   YC-Cable USB-Serial Adapter
•   Zeagle N2iTion3 Diving Computer

FILES
/dev/ttyU*
    for callin ports
/dev/ttyU*.init
/dev/ttyU*.lock
    corresponding callin initial-state and lock-state devices

/dev/cuaU*
    for callout ports
/dev/cuaU*.init
/dev/cuaU*.lock
    corresponding callout initial-state and lock-state devices

SEE ALSO
tty(4), ucom(4), usb(4)

HISTORY
The uplcom driver appeared in NetBSD 1.6. This manual page was adopted from NetBSD by Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> in April 2002.