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30.Dd January 17, 2012
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 Siemens MC60 Data Cable
46.It Suunto USB Serial Adaptor
47.It Helicomm IP-Link 1220-DVM
48.It Nokia CA-42 USB
49.El
50.Sh DESCRIPTION
51The
52.Nm
53driver provides support for the Silicon Labs USB-to-RS-232 Bridge chip.
54.Pp
55The device is accessed through the
56.Xr ucom 4
57driver which makes it behave like a
58.Xr tty 4 .
59.Sh SEE ALSO
60.Xr tty 4 ,
61.Xr ucom 4 ,
62.Xr usb 4
63.Pp
64.Lk http://www.silabs.com "Silicon Laboratories" .
65.Rs
66.%T Silicon Laboratories AN571: CP210x Virtual COM Port Interface .
67.Re
68.Sh HISTORY
69The
70.Nm
71driver
72appeared in
73.Nx 4.0 .
74.Sh AUTHORS
75The
76.Nm
77driver was written by
78.An Jonathan A. Kollasch .
79Code and style was borrowed from existing
80.Nx
81USB-serial drivers.
82.Sh CAVEATS
83Settings other than 8 data bits, no parity, and 1 stop bit
84seem to be refused by the CP2101.
85