Linux Usb Serial Gadget Cdc Acm Mode Drivers Or Configuration
Linux Usb Serial Gadget Cdc Acm Mode Mac Or Linux

Linux Usb Serial Gadget Cdc Acm Mode Mac Or Linux

Note that this may work on a Mac or Linux but for windows youd need a custom driver.

Now you have to use an OTG cable instead of just plugging in a device.

Thats two whole ways of being able to connect to your Pi zero just by plugging in a micro B cable You dont even need to power your Pi seperately, as power is provided from your computer.

The compiled kernel package has just about every USB gadget compiled in as a module if youd like to try others.

In particular you will want to do the following before anything else.

Power it from the Power USB port, leave the Data USB port empty.

Linux Usb Serial Gadget Cdc Acm Mode Drivers Or Configuration

This one basically makes it so when you plug in the Pi Zero to your computer, it will pop up as a Serial (COM) Port - the nice thing about this technique is you can use the pi with any computer and operating system and it doesnt require special drivers or configuration.

Plug in a USB Micro cable from your computer to the Pi Zero.

Basically you get the ability to log in to the console as well as anything else you could want to do over a network connection.

On Windows, you may need to add Bonjour support so it knows what to do with.local names.

The problem this is a arbitrary (BonjourZero Conf assigned) address, and we dont want to have to guess it.

While logged into your Pi with a console cable, run sudo nanoetcmodprobe.dgether.conf and add: options gether useeem0.

It will automatically download and install the RNDIS Ethernet drivers.

Find the RNDIS adapter and rename it pizero (makes it easier to find).

Then click on Select a private network connection and select PiZero from the dropdown.

This is non-destructive, but when we run this command dhcpcd wont be able to assign addresses anymore, so you should be logged in locally for this with a monitor attached.

Below it, add all of this text, paying attention to the indents.

You can add this section for each wireless network youll want the Pi to connect to.

If you need to change the IP range for some reason, make sure to match the configuration of usb0 with these items.

We also us DHCP options 3 and 6 - they are annotated in the config file, but they prevent dnsmaq from advertising a default route or DNS - we dont need this Pi to be a DNS server or a router for this tutorial.

When rebooting, please give your Pi time to start all the services, get a WiFi address, and assign one to your PC.

Youll hear a sound and see drivers installing on Windows 10 and newer, and on all systems youll see a new network card.

The Pi will also independently connect to WiFi, which can be handy if youre testing a different wireless network, connecting to a WiFi hotspot, etc.