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OS: Ubuntu Linux 10.10 Kernel: 2.6.35-30

Query: I need to establish a robust communication between a Windows process and an embedded device on the above platform. What can be a possible solution in this case? Socket programming has already been ruled out in this case. It may sound to you as a very fundamental question but I am new to this domain and will really appreciate your help.

Samuzzal Choudhury
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Could you clarify your question?

  1. Do you really mean "Windows USB device driver"?

  2. What is your full setup? (For example:

    The host system is running Ubuntu (Kernel 2.6...) attached to one of it's USB ports is a USB to serial adapter which is connected to the serial port of an embedded device. I need to communicate with the embedded device through a program I'm writing in C.)

jedwards
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  • My bad. I should not have written Windows USB device. Let's take it as a windows process which tries to communicate to the embedded Linux device through USB. I would like to know a robust mechanism to do that. You rightly assumed the programming language to be C and also the platform to be Ubuntu 10.10 (kernel 2.6.35-30). – Samuzzal Choudhury Nov 07 '11 at 13:05
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    Does your USB adapter create a Windows COM port? You should be able to tell under Windows Device Manager. – jedwards Nov 07 '11 at 13:12
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If you are talking about a serial communication of a USB device in Ubuntu, then your device name is something like /dev/ttyUSB(some number). This will appear in your ls command as and when you connect the device.

If you are looking for a simulator for a serial device then I suggest using socat. If you need a reference for socat command, try using this link serial port simulator in linux

Muthu
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