USB (Midi Comunications)

[Sarah Reichelt]

> On 3/4/05 3:40 PM, Thomas McGrath III wrote:
>> Yes if they have a serial driver. The driver actually does the work 
>> of letting the system see via USB to the serial device. I have used 
>> it here. Sarah has it in her user space and also at her website.
>
> Don't you need a hardware USB/serial converter? There is a project I 
> wanted to do but couldn't because I couldn't read or write to a USB 
> device directly -- or so I thought.
>
Yes, it does need a serial adapter, Keyspan or something similar. This 
can plug into a USB port and the serial device (NOT a USB device) can 
connect to it. The Keyspan is seen as a serial device although it is 
really USB, so the serial commands work.

I can't wait to try out Chipp's USB external.

Sarah