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Serial Device identification problem
Hi,
I'm trying to write some java code to send stuff to my GPS device, plugged in to a serial port. I need to know the name of the port tho.
I've written stuff that loops thru the serial ports and gives me the names of the active ones, and it gives me /dev/ttyS0 and /dev/ttyS1.
Running: setserial -bg /dev/ttyS[0-9]*
gives me this:
/dev/ttyS0 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
/dev/ttyS4: No such device or address
/dev/ttyS5: No such device or address
/dev/ttyS6: No such device or address
/dev/ttyS7: No such device or address
I'm presuming that the one I want is ttyS0, but can anyone tell me what "is a 16550A" actually means?
When I try to acces it in the java code it says "lockf(): Resource temporarily unavailable" so I'm wondering whether I've got the right port!
Thanks,
Sparrott
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