Re: FT245AM - lost USB device?

From: Stef Mientki (S.Mientki-nospam_at_mailbox.kun.nl)
Date: 07/23/04 

Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 13:03:00 +0200

On some PC's I noticed the same problems (with FT232BM),
how can I see what USB chipset is used ?

Stef Mientki

Paul Burke wrote:
> Klaus Hitschler wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> we are using a FT245AM connected USB printer in our embedded machine
>> which
>> is running Linux. For any reason sometimes the device is lost. Since
>> we do
>> not know if it is caused by hardware, printer firmware or operating
>> system
>> I'm looking for people with similar experiences and maybe workarounds.
>
>
> I had nightmares with this kind of stuff, I was cursing FTDI as idiots
> until I tried it on another computer. It worked perfectly, without any
> problems whatsoever, apparently forever (though I didn't test it that
> long). The problem was the PC chipset (SiS in this case). Yes, even big
> famous companies can make mistakes.
>
> Paul Burke
>