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Provides a USBTMC driver for controlling instruments over USB
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How is it possible to connect to a device via a generic FTDI USB to serial converter? #48

Closed ProBackup-nl closed 6 years ago

ProBackup-nl commented 6 years ago

usb 1-3: new full-speed USB device number 5 using xhci_hcd usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=0403, idProduct=6001, bcdDevice= 6.00 usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 usb 1-3: Product: FT232R USB UART usb 1-3: Manufacturer: FTDI usb 1-3: SerialNumber: A107PG6S ftdi_sio 1-3:1.0: FTDI USB Serial Device converter detected usb 1-3: Detected FT232RL usb 1-3: FTDI USB Serial Device converter now attached to ttyUSB0

The device behind this converter is an Itech 8800 series electronic load. It is set to RS-232: 38400 8N1.

Currently a list command returns no devices.

(How) can one use such a USB-to-serial device with python-usbtmc?