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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>
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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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