[ILUG] Dodgy USB ISDN adapters

[Paul Kelly]

Niall O Broin wrote:
> www.zeg-shop.de - German VAT is 16% and the prices I quoted are ex. VAT

Hard to say no to a 5% discount straight off.

>>BTW, on the ISDN adapter Philip has, whilst there are no Linux drivers 
>>for it WinBond has a pretty decent PDF
> Can you not talk to those things with AT commands - I know you can with
> Elsa's Microlink USB adapter so it's just like using a serial TA (and no, I
> won't go there now)

I'm not sure if the chip supports AT command directly or not (I suspect 
not) but first you'd have to get those AT commands to the device. There 
is a USB spec for serial devices, in the same way there's a spec for 
keyboard & mouse (HID), but nobody seems to want to implement it for 
serial devices so most devices need their own device driver. Same goes 
for many of the USB storage devices - some of them are 'close' to the 
spec though and just need tweaks or firmware uploads.

Paul.