Have the Yaesu 857 w/ oem serial cable, then a good FTDI Serial/usb adapter. Running Linux Mint 19.3.
Got the dreaded error [Errno 13] could not open port /dev/ttyS0: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/dev/ttyS0'
Searched long and hard, Done everything, Dan and others say to do, carefully, no luck. Here's some commands and results:
Pete, N2EXG
sudo gpasswd --add $holmzie dialoutgives me gpasswd: user 'dialout' does not exist Groupsholmzie adm cdrom sudo dip plugdev lpadmin sambashare sudo addgroup $holmzie dialout addgroup: The group `dialout' already exists.
usb-devicesT: Bus=03 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 7 Spd=12 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=0403 ProdID=6001 Rev=04.00 S: Manufacturer=FTDI S: Product=USB HS SERIAL CONVERTER S: SerialNumber=FTDYUTIA C: #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=a0 MxPwr=44mA I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=ff(vend.) Sub=ff Prot=ff Driver=ftdi_sio
lsusb -v Bus 003 Device 007: ID 0403:6001 Future Technology Devices International, Ltd FT232 USB-Serial (UART) IC Device Descriptor: bLength 18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 1.10 bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level) bDeviceSubClass 0 bDeviceProtocol 0 bMaxPacketSize0 8 idVendor 0x0403 Future Technology Devices International, Ltd idProduct 0x6001 FT232 USB-Serial (UART) IC bcdDevice 4.00 iManufacturer 1 FTDI iProduct 2 USB HS SERIAL CONVERTER iSerial 3 FTDYUTIA bNumConfigurations 1 Configuration Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 2 wTotalLength 32 bNumInterfaces 1 bConfigurationValue 1 iConfiguration 0 bmAttributes 0xa0 (Bus Powered) Remote Wakeup MaxPower 44mA Interface Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 4 bInterfaceNumber 0 bAlternateSetting 0 bNumEndpoints 2 bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class bInterfaceSubClass 255 Vendor Specific Subclass bInterfaceProtocol 255 Vendor Specific Protocol iInterface 2 USB HS SERIAL CONVERTER Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x02 EP 2 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes bInterval 0 Device Status: 0x0000 (Bus Powered)
holmzie@holmzie-All-Series ~ $ cat /etc/group root:x:0: daemon:x:1: bin:x:2: sys:x:3: adm:x:4:syslog,holmzie tty:x:5: disk:x:6: lp:x:7: mail:x:8: news:x:9: uucp:x:10: man:x:12: proxy:x:13: kmem:x:15: dialout:x:20: fax:x:21: voice:x:22: cdrom:x:24:holmzie floppy:x:25: tape:x:26: sudo:x:27:holmzie audio:x:29:pulse dip:x:30:holmzie www-data:x:33: backup:x:34: operator:x:37: list:x:38: irc:x:39: src:x:40: gnats:x:41: shadow:x:42: utmp:x:43: video:x:44: sasl:x:45: plugdev:x:46:holmzie staff:x:50: games:x:60: users:x:100: nogroup:x:65534: systemd-journal:x:101: systemd-network:x:102: systemd-resolve:x:103: input:x:104: crontab:x:105: syslog:x:106: messagebus:x:107: netdev:x:108: mlocate:x:109: ssl-cert:x:110: uuidd:x:111: avahi-autoipd:x:112: ssh:x:113: bluetooth:x:114: lpadmin:x:115:holmzie ntp:x:116: lightdm:x:117: nopasswdlogin:x:118: rtkit:x:119: scanner:x:120:saned saned:x:121: nm-openvpn:x:122: avahi:x:123: colord:x:124: pulse:x:125: pulse-access:x:126: geoclue:x:127: holmzie:x:1000: sambashare:x:128:holmzie mysql:x:129: