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30.Dd April 17, 2014
31.Dt UCOM 4
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm ucom
35.Nd USB tty support
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.Cd "ucom* at u3g?"
38.Cd "ucom* at uark?"
39.Cd "ucom* at ubsa?"
40.Cd "ucom* at uchcom?"
41.Cd "ucom* at uftdi?"
42.Cd "ucom* at ugensa?"
43.Cd "ucom* at uhmodem?"
44.Cd "ucom* at uipaq?"
45.Cd "ucom* at ukyopon?"
46.Cd "ucom* at umcs? portno ?"
47.Cd "ucom* at umct?"
48.Cd "ucom* at umodem?"
49.Cd "ucom* at uplcom?"
50.Cd "ucom* at uslsa?"
51.Cd "ucom* at uvisor? portno ?"
52.Cd "ucom* at uvscom?"
53.Sh DESCRIPTION
54The
55.Nm
56driver attaches to USB modems, serial ports, and other devices that need
57to look like a tty.
58The
59.Nm
60driver shows a behaviour like a
61.Xr tty 4 .
62This means that normal programs such as
63.Xr tip 1
64or
65.Xr pppd 8
66can be used to access the device.
67.Pp
68The
69.Va portno
70locator can be used to decide which port to use for device that have
71multiple external ports.
72.Sh FILES
73.Bl -tag -width Pa
74.It Pa /dev/dtyU?
75.It Pa /dev/ttyU?
76.El
77.Sh SEE ALSO
78.Xr tty 4 ,
79.Xr u3g 4 ,
80.Xr ubsa 4 ,
81.Xr uchcom 4 ,
82.Xr uftdi 4 ,
83.Xr ugensa 4 ,
84.Xr uhmodem 4 ,
85.Xr uipaq 4 ,
86.Xr ukyopon 4 ,
87.Xr umct 4 ,
88.Xr umodem 4 ,
89.Xr uplcom 4 ,
90.Xr usb 4 ,
91.Xr uslsa 4 ,
92.Xr uvisor 4 ,
93.Xr uvscom 4
94.Sh HISTORY
95The
96.Nm
97driver
98appeared in
99.Nx 1.5 .
100