Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 12:38:35 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Fred <fred@blakemfg.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wine questions Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1102161235300.21153@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <4D5C1D2C.2020800@blakemfg.com> References: <4D41BDF6.5080904@blakemfg.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1101271453150.60213@wonkity.com> <4D421B95.1070909@blakemfg.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1101272018460.61407@wonkity.com> <4D5C1D2C.2020800@blakemfg.com>
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On Wed, 16 Feb 2011, Fred wrote: ... >> There's a downloadable version of the software on the site. If that works >> acceptably, the final hurdle would be whether it can communicate with the >> programmer by USB. The site says it's USB 2.0 and installs drivers on >> Windows, which doesn't bode well for the Wine/FreeBSD setup. It may work, >> although you have to expect that any support call will blame problems on >> the non-standard setup. ... > I downloaded the programmer software and wine installed it without any > problems (350 MB!). The software seems to run ok so far under wine. So the > remaining issue is the USB connection. I found the USB port in /dev but to > make the link I also need to know what Windows calls the USB port so the > programmer software can find it. If one plugs a non-storage USB device into > Windows without installing any specific driver, what does Windows call the > USB port? If the device shows up as a USB serial port (/dev/cuaU0) , it can be linked to a Wine com port, as shown here: http://wiki.freebsd.org/AVR/ArduinoWINE Don't know about other types of devices.
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