prep the host machine in a virtualbox environment

1. Download and install drivers from the mark 10 website

2. plug in and turn on mark 10. make sure it is set to usb mode. Go through and write down baud rate

3. set communication preferences in mark 10 menu

4. open virtualbox and enable filter for mark-10 in usb

5. start up virtualbox

6. download source code for silabs uart-to-usb chip

7. extract zip

8. modify source according to the mark-10 linux install instructions provided below

9. open terminal

10. navigate to extracted directory

    make
    sudo cp cp210x.ko /lib/modules/5.3.0-46-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/serial
    sudo insmod /lib/modules/5.3.0-46-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/usbserial.ko
    sudo insmod /lib/modules/5.3.0-46-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/cp210x.ko
    

11. to remove driver (usually not necessary – only if you need to fix a mistake or start over):

    cd /lib/modules/5.3.0-46-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/serial
    sudo rmmod cp210x
    sudo rmmod usbserial
    

1. Compile and run test

   ./cp210x_gpio_example
   

Links

https://www.mark-10.com/downloads.html https://www.silabs.com/products/development-tools/software/usb-to-uart-bridge-vcp-drivers

Related Info

• https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/144029/command-to-determine-ports-of-a-device-like-dev-ttyusb0
• https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/66901/how-to-bind-usb-device-under-a-static-name
• http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html
• for serial/usb devices working in windows to virtualbox (slightly different problem): https://jjmilburn.github.io/2016/04/04/ttyUSB-to-vagrant-virtualbox/
• about insmod and rmmod