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39.Dd November 22, 2006
40.Dt UPLCOM 4
41.Os
42.Sh NAME
43.Nm uplcom
44.Nd USB support for Prolific PL-2303/2303X/2303HX serial adapters driver
45.Sh SYNOPSIS
46To compile this driver into the kernel,
47place the following lines in your
48kernel configuration file:
49.Bd -ragged -offset indent
50.Cd "device uplcom"
51.Cd "device ucom"
52.Ed
53.Pp
54Alternatively, to load the driver as a
55module at boot time, place the following line in
56.Xr loader.conf 5 :
57.Bd -literal -offset indent
58uplcom_load="YES"
59.Ed
60.Sh DESCRIPTION
61The
62.Nm
63driver provides support for various serial adapters based on the Prolific
64PL-2303, PL-2303X and PL-2303HX USB-to-RS232 Bridge chips.
65.Pp
66The device is accessed through the
67.Xr ucom 4
68driver which makes it behave like a
69.Xr tty 4 .
70.Sh HARDWARE
71The
72.Nm
73driver supports the following adapters:
74.Pp
75.Bl -bullet -compact
76.It
77ATEN UC-232A
78.It
79BAFO BF-800
80.It
81BAFO BF-810
82.It
83Belkin F5U257
84.It
85ELECOM UC-SGT
86.It
87HAL Corporation Crossam2+USB IR commander
88.It
89Hama USB RS-232 Serial Adapter
90.It
91Hamlet exagerate XURS232
92.It
93IOGEAR UC-232A
94.It
95I/O DATA USB-RSAQ
96.It
97I/O DATA USB-RSAQ2
98.It
99I/O DATA USB-RSAQ3
100.It
101PLANEX USB-RS232 URS-03
102.It
103RATOC REX-USB60
104.It
105Radio Shack USB Serial Cable
106.It
107Sandberg USB to Serial Link (model number 133-08)
108.It
109SOURCENEXT KeikaiDenwa 8 (with and without charger)
110.It
111Sony Ericsson USB Cable (Susteen USB Data Cable)
112.It
113Willcom W-SIM DD PHS terminal.(WS002IN)
114.El
115.Sh SEE ALSO
116.Xr tty 4 ,
117.Xr ucom 4 ,
118.Xr usb 4
119.Sh HISTORY
120The
121.Nm
122driver
123appeared in
124.Nx 1.6 .
125This manual page was adopted from
126.Nx
127by
128.An Tom Rhodes Aq trhodes@FreeBSD.org
129in April 2002.
130