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USB drivers

# Connecting Board and PC

Most of the current transceiver boards are equipped with a USB connector. If the USB cord is plugged into the PC, the OS will load a driver and assign a virtual serial port. Before starting the sniffer, the name of the serial port needs to be determined.

Linux:

The device names are usually:

- `/dev/ttyS[0-9]` for regular RS232 serial ports,
- `/dev/ttyUSB[0-9]` for FTDI and CP210x based boards and
- `/dev/ttyACM[0-9]` for CDC devices like the Raven RZUSB stick.

The assigned name of a serial port can be found with the command `dmesg`.

$ dmesg | grep tty
usb 4-1: FTDI USB Serial Device converter now attached to ttyUSB0
cdc_acm 2-3.1:1.0: ttyACM0: USB ACM device
usb 2-3.3: cp2101 converter now attached to ttyUSB1

Windows

The name of the assigned COM port can be found with the Device Manager. A quick way to open this tool (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Device_Manager) is either to type `devmgmt.msc` in `cmd.exe` window or click: `Start -> Run -> devmgmt.msc -> OK`

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