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32.Dd November 22, 2006
33.Dt UPLCOM 4
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm uplcom
37.Nd USB support for Prolific PL-2303/2303X/2303HX serial adapters driver
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39To compile this driver into the kernel,
40place the following lines in your
41kernel configuration file:
42.Bd -ragged -offset indent
43.Cd "device uplcom"
44.Cd "device ucom"
45.Ed
46.Pp
47Alternatively, to load the driver as a
48module at boot time, place the following line in
49.Xr loader.conf 5 :
50.Bd -literal -offset indent
51uplcom_load="YES"
52.Ed
53.Sh DESCRIPTION
54The
55.Nm
56driver provides support for various serial adapters based on the Prolific
57PL-2303, PL-2303X and PL-2303HX USB-to-RS232 Bridge chips.
58.Pp
59The device is accessed through the
60.Xr ucom 4
61driver which makes it behave like a
62.Xr tty 4 .
63.Sh HARDWARE
64The
65.Nm
66driver supports the following adapters:
67.Pp
68.Bl -bullet -compact
69.It
70ATEN UC-232A
71.It
72BAFO BF-800
73.It
74BAFO BF-810
75.It
76Belkin F5U257
77.It
78ELECOM UC-SGT
79.It
80HAL Corporation Crossam2+USB IR commander
81.It
82Hama USB RS-232 Serial Adapter
83.It
84Hamlet exagerate XURS232
85.It
86IOGEAR UC-232A
87.It
88I/O DATA USB-RSAQ
89.It
90I/O DATA USB-RSAQ2
91.It
92I/O DATA USB-RSAQ3
93.It
94Mobile Action MA-620 Infrared Adapter
95.It
96PLANEX USB-RS232 URS-03
97.It
98RATOC REX-USB60
99.It
100Radio Shack USB Serial Cable
101.It
102Sandberg USB to Serial Link (model number 133-08)
103.It
104SOURCENEXT KeikaiDenwa 8 (with and without charger)
105.It
106Sony Ericsson USB Cable (Susteen USB Data Cable)
107.It
108Willcom W-SIM DD PHS terminal.(WS002IN)
109.El
110.Sh SEE ALSO
111.Xr tty 4 ,
112.Xr ucom 4 ,
113.Xr usb 4
114.Sh HISTORY
115The
116.Nm
117driver
118appeared in
119.Nx 1.6 .
120This manual page was adopted from
121.Nx
122by
123.An Tom Rhodes Aq trhodes@FreeBSD.org
124in April 2002.
125