November 30, 20196 yr Just starting out with unraid, so forgive me for a possible stupid question, tried looking through this forum but did not find anything. I am setting up a VM for a smart home server. I have a RS -> USB converter which I have plugged into one the Mainboard USB ports. I have passed this trough to my VM. I can see this device being listed as COM 1 on the VM, I can open the port, which all correct data (parity bits , baud rate etc.) but no data comes in. Do I need to purchase a PCI USB card to pass this into the VM? If so which ones can you recommend?
November 30, 20196 yr 11 minutes ago, SwedishCoder said: Do I need to purchase a PCI USB card to pass this into the VM? No need. COM seems work, you should check the connect device and signalling between are match.
November 30, 20196 yr Author I was able to pull data off the device (weather station) this morning before converting my server to a Unraid setup and running my smarthome as a VM. But yes, ill double check the cables, and if need to get another bare metal OS to verify that nothing broke while I was tinkering with the server hardware.
December 8, 20196 yr Author Rechecked all the wiring, one had gotten slightly loose. Getting data now
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