umcs — USB support for serial adapters based on the MCS7820 and MCS7840 chips
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Bugs
This driver doesn't support access to any fine tunes of chip, like RS522/RS485 mode, non-standard
baudrates, etc.
Debian April 26, 2017 UMCS(4)
Description
The umcs driver provides support for various multiport serial adapters based on the MosCom MCS7820 and
MCS7840 chips. They are 2- or 4-port adapters with full-featured 16550-compatible UARTs and very
flexible baud generators. Also, these chips support RS422/RS485 and IrDA operations.
The device is accessed through the ucom(4) driver which makes it behave like a tty(4).
Different ports on device are presented as sub-units, like /dev/ttyU0.1 and /dev/ttyU0.2.
Files
/dev/ttyU*.* for callin ports
/dev/ttyU*.*.init/dev/ttyU*.*.lock corresponding callin initial-state and lock-state devices
/dev/cuaU*.* for callout ports
/dev/cuaU*.*.init/dev/cuaU*.*.lock corresponding callout initial-state and lock-state devices
Hardware
The umcs driver was tested on the following adapters:
• ST Lab U-360 two-port serial USB adapter
• ST Lab U-400 four-port serial USB adapter
History
The umcs driver appeared in ports since December of 2010.
Name
umcs — USB support for serial adapters based on the MCS7820 and MCS7840 chips
See Also
tty(4), ucom(4), usb(4)
Synopsis
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:
deviceusbdeviceucomdeviceumcs
Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):
umcs_load="YES"
