#udev_setup

Authors:

Peter Polidoro <[email protected]>

License:

BSD

Information about USB devices:

lsusb

Information about last USB device connected:

tail /var/log/syslog

Find idVendor, idProduct, and serial of USB device:

udevadm info -a -n /dev/ttyUSB0 | grep '{idVendor}' | head -n1
udevadm info -a -n /dev/ttyUSB0 | grep '{idProduct}' | head -n1
udevadm info -a -n /dev/ttyUSB0 | grep '{serial}' | head -n1

Example USB serial rules file:

sudo touch /etc/udev/rules.d/99-usb-serial.rules
sudo echo 'SUBSYSTEM=="tty", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0403", ATTRS{idProduct}=="6001", ATTRS{serial}=="A6008isP", SYMLINK+="arduino"' >> /etc/udev/rules.d/99-usb-serial.rules
sudo echo 'SUBSYSTEM=="tty", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0403", ATTRS{idProduct}=="6001", ATTRS{serial}=="A7004IXj", SYMLINK+="buspirate"' >> /etc/udev/rules.d/99-usb-serial.rules
sudo echo 'SUBSYSTEM=="tty", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0403", ATTRS{idProduct}=="6001", ATTRS{serial}=="FTDIF46B", SYMLINK+="ttyUSB.ARM"' >> /etc/udev/rules.d/99-usb-serial.rules