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30.Dd January 27, 2019
31.Dt USLSA 4
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm uslsa
35.Nd USB support for Silicon Labs CP210x series serial adapters
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.Cd "uslsa* at uhub?"
38.Cd "ucom*   at uslsa?"
39.Sh HARDWARE
40The
41.Nm
42driver is known to work with the following adapters:
43.Pp
44.Bl -tag -width Dv -offset indent -compact
45.It Adafruit 954 USB to TTL Serial Cable
46.It Helicomm IP-Link 1220-DVM
47.It Nokia CA-42 USB
48.It Siemens MC60 Data Cable
49.It Suunto USB Serial Adaptor
50.El
51.Sh DESCRIPTION
52The
53.Nm
54driver provides support for the Silicon Labs USB-to-RS-232 Bridge chip.
55.Pp
56The device is accessed through the
57.Xr ucom 4
58driver which makes it behave like a
59.Xr tty 4 .
60.Sh SEE ALSO
61.Xr tty 4 ,
62.Xr ucom 4 ,
63.Xr usb 4
64.Pp
65.Lk http://www.silabs.com "Silicon Laboratories" .
66.Rs
67.%T Silicon Laboratories AN571: CP210x Virtual COM Port Interface .
68.Re
69.Sh HISTORY
70The
71.Nm
72driver
73appeared in
74.Nx 4.0 .
75.Sh AUTHORS
76The
77.Nm
78driver was written by
79.An Jonathan A. Kollasch .
80Code and style was borrowed from existing
81.Nx
82USB-serial drivers.
83.Sh CAVEATS
84Settings other than 8 data bits, no parity, and 1 stop bit
85seem to be refused by the CP2101.
86