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.Dd May 8, 2007
.Dt UBSA 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm ubsa
.Nd USB support for Belkin serial adapters
.Sh SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel,
place the following lines in your
kernel configuration file:
.Bd -ragged -offset indent
.Cd "device ubsa"
.Cd "device ucom"
.Ed
.Pp
Alternatively, to load the driver as a
module at boot time, place the following line in
.Xr loader.conf 5 :
.Bd -literal -offset indent
ubsa_load="YES"
.Ed
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
driver provides support for the USB-to-RS232 Bridge chip used by a variety of
serial adapters from Belkin and other vendors.
.Pp
The device is accessed through the
.Xr ucom 4
driver which makes it behave like a
.Xr tty 4 .
.Sh HARDWARE
The
.Nm
driver supports the following adapters:
.Pp
.Bl -bullet -compact
.It
AnyData ADU-E100A (no EV-DO mode support)
.It
Belkin F5U103
.It
Belkin F5U120
.It
e-Tek Labs Kwik232
.It
GoHubs GoCOM232
.It
Huawei Technologies Mobile card (3G)
.It
Novatel Wireless Merlin U740 (only basic modem port supported)
.It
Option Globetrotter 3G (aka Vodafone Mobile Connect Card 3G)
.It
Option Globetrotter 3G Quad
.It
Option Globetrotter 3G Fusion (no WLAN support, only basic 3G modem port)
.It
Option Globetrotter 3G Fusion Quad (no WLAN support)
.It
Peracom single port serial adapter
.El
.Pp
The supported 3G cards provide the necessary modem port for ppp,
pppd, or mpd connections; other functions of these cards (diagnostic port,
SIM toolkit port, WLAN) are not supported.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr tty 4 ,
.Xr ucom 4 ,
.Xr usb 4
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
driver
appeared in
.Fx 5.0 .
The
.Xr uplcom 4
manual page was adopted from
.Nx
by
.An Tom Rhodes Aq trhodes@FreeBSD.org
in April 2002 and modified for the
.Nm
driver by
.An Alexander Kabaev Aq kan@FreeBSD.org
in October 2002.
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Nm
driver was written by
.An Alexander Kabaev Aq kan@FreeBSD.org .