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32.Dd March 11, 2015
33.Dt UCOM 4
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm ucom
37.Nd USB tty support
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39To compile this driver into the kernel,
40place the following line in your
41kernel configuration file:
42.Bd -ragged -offset indent
43.Cd "device ucom"
44.Ed
45.Pp
46Alternatively, to load the driver as a
47module at boot time, place the following line in
48.Xr loader.conf 5 :
49.Bd -literal -offset indent
50ucom_load="YES"
51.Ed
52.Sh DESCRIPTION
53The
54.Nm
55driver attaches to USB modems, serial ports, and other devices that need
56to look like a tty.
57The
58.Nm
59driver shows a behavior like a
60.Xr tty 4 .
61This means that normal programs such as
62.Xr tip 1
63or
64.Xr ppp 8
65can be used to access the device.
66.Sh Pulse Per Second (PPS) Timing Interface
67The
68.Nm
69driver can capture PPS timing information as defined in RFC 2783.
70The API, accessed via
71.Xr ioctl 2 ,
72is available on the tty device.
73To use the PPS capture feature with
74.Xr ntpd 8 ,
75symlink the tty device to
76.Va /dev/pps0.
77.Pp
78The
79.Va hw.usb.ucom.pps_mode
80sysctl configures the PPS capture mode.
81It can be set in
82.Xr loader.conf 5
83or
84.Xr sysctl.conf 5 .
85The following capture modes are available:
86.Bl -tag -compact -offset "mmmm" -width "mmmm"
87.It 0
88Capture disabled (default).
89.It 1
90Capture pulses on the CTS line.
91.It 2
92Capture pulses on the DCD line.
93.El
94.Sh FILES
95.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /dev/cuaU?"
96.It Pa /dev/cuaU?
97.It Pa /dev/ttyU?
98.El
99.Sh SEE ALSO
100.Xr tty 4 ,
101.Xr uark 4 ,
102.Xr uchcom 4 ,
103.Xr uftdi 4 ,
104.Xr umcs 4 ,
105.Xr umct 4 ,
106.Xr umodem 4 ,
107.Xr umoscom 4 ,
108.Xr uplcom 4 ,
109.Xr usb 4 ,
110.Xr uslcom 4 ,
111.Xr uvisor 4 ,
112.Xr uvscom 4
113.Sh HISTORY
114The
115.Nm
116driver was adopted from
117.Nx
118in March of 2002.
119This manual page was adopted from
120.Nx
121by
122.An Tom Rhodes Aq Mt trhodes@FreeBSD.org
123in April 2002.
124.Sh BUGS
125Prior to
126.Fx 6.0
127.Nm
128created
129.Pa /dev/ucom?
130rather than the uniform device names created today.
131Old scripts must be adjusted accordingly.
132