On Sun, 21 Oct 2012, Charlie Sager wrote: > ok, here is the output from lsusb -v > just the device in question. > > ================ > > Bus 002 Device 002: ID 1808:5555 > Couldn't open device, some information will be missing > Device Descriptor: > bLength 18 > bDescriptorType 1 > bcdUSB 1.01 > bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level) > bDeviceSubClass 0 > bDeviceProtocol 0 > bMaxPacketSize0 8 > idVendor 0x1808 > idProduct 0x5555 > bcdDevice 0.01 > iManufacturer 1 > iProduct 2 > iSerial 0 > bNumConfigurations 1 > Configuration Descriptor: > bLength 9 > bDescriptorType 2 > wTotalLength 41 > bNumInterfaces 1 > bConfigurationValue 1 > iConfiguration 4 > bmAttributes 0xc0 > Self Powered > MaxPower 100mA > Interface Descriptor: > bLength 9 > bDescriptorType 4 > bInterfaceNumber 0 > bAlternateSetting 0 > bNumEndpoints 2 > bInterfaceClass 3 Human Interface Device > bInterfaceSubClass 0 No Subclass > bInterfaceProtocol 0 None > iInterface 0 > HID Device Descriptor: > bLength 9 > bDescriptorType 33 > bcdHID 1.00 > bCountryCode 0 Not supported > bNumDescriptors 1 > bDescriptorType 34 Report > wDescriptorLength 37 > Report Descriptors: > ** UNAVAILABLE ** > Endpoint Descriptor: > bLength 7 > bDescriptorType 5 > bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN > bmAttributes 3 > Transfer Type Interrupt > Synch Type None > Usage Type Data > wMaxPacketSize 0x0008 1x 8 bytes > bInterval 10 > Endpoint Descriptor: > bLength 7 > bDescriptorType 5 > bEndpointAddress 0x02 EP 2 OUT > bmAttributes 3 > Transfer Type Interrupt > Synch Type None > Usage Type Data > wMaxPacketSize 0x0008 1x 8 bytes > bInterval 10 In case Peter's comment was unclear... The reason there is no /dev/ttyUSB* node associated with this device is because the device does not have a serial interface. It has only a Human Interface Device (HID) interface, which means it behaves more like a keyboard than like a serial port. Alan Stern -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html