[Elecraft] Got the W2 interface and utility working on Linux

[NZ0T]

Tom,

The issue was that I had the W2 interface running fine in Wine but could not
get it to connect to my computer. Several people responded here and were
very helpful but it was Martin DM4IM who sent me this which was easy to
read, understand and accomplish:

Hello Bill,
try this:
Linux handles serial devices different from windows.
Your usb-serial adaptor probably will be recogniced as  /dev/ttyUSB0,
while your Windows-Software running under wine only can handle COMx.

So you need to tell wine what device it should use for serial
communications.

You can do this by linking the linux-device to the windows device.
Open a console and type:

ls /dev/ttyUSB*
You should see a reply like this:

/dev/ttyUSBx

where x is probably 0 (zero).

Now, assuming the x was 0 (zero), type (case-sensitive!) or simply copy and
paste:

ln -s /dev/ttyUSB0 ~/.wine/dosdevices/com1

If you type correct, this will put a file named com1 in
/home/yourusername/.wine/dosdevices

where /.wine is a hidden directory. Check if the file is there by typing

ls ~/.wine/dosdevices

Amongst a number of drive-letters, you should find a file named com1


(This step might or might not be neccessary:
(Then log out and back in. If you don't know how to log out/in, simply
(reboot.

Now run your application under wine. Advise it to use com1.

I expect this to work, but if it doesn't , you probably need to set some
permissions. I can help.




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