User`s manual

UPort 1200/1400/1600 Series User’s Manual Driver Installation

Installing the Linux Driver

Linux Kernel 2.6.x

The Linux driver provided with the UPort 1200/1400/1600 maps Linux host ttyMXUSBxx ports to

UPort device ports. Once the mapping has been set up, Linux users and applications can connect to

a device port as if it were a ttyMXUSBxx port. These drivers have been designed and tested for the

majority of Linux distributions, including Linux kernel version 2.6.x. Please check Moxa’s website

(http://www.moxa.com) for the latest Linux kernel support.

The Linux drivers support the following models:

2-port UPort Models

y UPort 1250: 2-port RS-232/422/485 USB-to-serial converter

y UPort 1250I: 2-port RS-232/422/485 USB-to-serial converter with isolation

4-port UPort Models

y UPort 1410: 4-port RS-232 USB-to-serial converter

y UPort 1450: 4-port RS-232/422/485 USB-to-serial converter

y UPort 1450I: 4-port RS-232/422/485 USB-to-serial converter with isolation

8-port UPort Models

y UPort 1610-8: 8-port RS-232 USB-to-serial converter

y UPort 1650-8: 8-port RS-232/422/485 USB-to-serial converter

16-port UPort Models

y UPort 1610-16: 16-port RS-232 USB-to-serial converter

y UPort 1650-16: 16-port RS-232/422/485 USB-to-serial converter

Driver Files

First obtain the Linux driver file driv_linux2.6_uport_v1.0_build_xxx.tgz from the Document

and Software CD, or from Moxa’s website at http://www.moxa.com. Save the driver file to a

specific directory, such as /moxa, and then execute the commands listed below. In this example,

we use the Ver. 1.0 driver file name: driv_linux2.6_uport_v1.0_build_xxx.tgz.

# cd /

# mkdir moxa

# cd /moxa

# cp /dev/fd0/driv_linux2.6_uport_v1.0_build_xxx.tgz .

# tar xvfz driv_linux2.6_uport_v1.0_build_xxx.tgz

# cd /

# mkdir moxa

# cd /moxa

# cp /mnt/cdrom/<driver dir>/driv_linux2.6_uport_v1.0_build_xxx.tgz .

# tar xvfz driv_linux2.6_uport_v1.0_build_xxx.tgz

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