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38.Dd May 8, 2007
39.Dt UBSA 4
40.Os
41.Sh NAME
42.Nm ubsa
43.Nd USB support for Belkin serial adapters
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45To compile this driver into the kernel,
46place the following lines in your
47kernel configuration file:
48.Bd -ragged -offset indent
49.Cd "device ubsa"
50.Cd "device ucom"
51.Ed
52.Pp
53Alternatively, to load the driver as a
54module at boot time, place the following line in
55.Xr loader.conf 5 :
56.Bd -literal -offset indent
57ubsa_load="YES"
58.Ed
59.Sh DESCRIPTION
60The
61.Nm
62driver provides support for the USB-to-RS232 Bridge chip used by a variety of
63serial adapters from Belkin and other vendors.
64.Pp
65The device is accessed through the
66.Xr ucom 4
67driver which makes it behave like a
68.Xr tty 4 .
69.Sh HARDWARE
70The
71.Nm
72driver supports the following adapters:
73.Pp
74.Bl -bullet -compact
75.It
76AnyData ADU-E100A (no EV-DO mode support)
77.It
78Belkin F5U103
79.It
80Belkin F5U120
81.It
82e-Tek Labs Kwik232
83.It
84GoHubs GoCOM232
85.It
86Huawei Technologies Mobile card (3G)
87.It
88Novatel Wireless Merlin U740 (only basic modem port supported)
89.It
90Option Globetrotter 3G (aka Vodafone Mobile Connect Card 3G)
91.It
92Option Globetrotter 3G Quad
93.It
94Option Globetrotter 3G Fusion (no WLAN support, only basic 3G modem port)
95.It
96Option Globetrotter 3G Fusion Quad (no WLAN support)
97.It
98Peracom single port serial adapter
99.El
100.Pp
101The supported 3G cards provide the necessary modem port for ppp,
102pppd, or mpd connections; other functions of these cards (diagnostic port,
103SIM toolkit port, WLAN) are not supported.
104.Sh SEE ALSO
105.Xr tty 4 ,
106.Xr ucom 4 ,
107.Xr usb 4
108.Sh HISTORY
109The
110.Nm
111driver
112appeared in
113.Fx 5.0 .
114The
115.Xr uplcom 4
116manual page was adopted from
117.Nx
118by
119.An Tom Rhodes Aq trhodes@FreeBSD.org
120in April 2002 and modified for the
121.Nm
122driver by
123.An Alexander Kabaev Aq kan@FreeBSD.org
124in October 2002.
125.Sh AUTHORS
126The
127.Nm
128driver was written by
129.An Alexander Kabaev Aq kan@FreeBSD.org .
130