Persistent device naming

[jeanmarc]

Hello,

Many of us use several converters to access their inverters and meters. It may also lead to problem if a com port is named "ttyUSB0" and after ttyUSB1.
So, it's wiser to set a persistent naming.
Let's say it's used for an inverter : Get device details with udevadm info -a -n /dev/ttyUSB0
You can assign a name via attibutes : SUBSYSTEM=="tty", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0403", ATTRS{idProduct}=="6001", SYMLINK+="solar"
Or more conveniently via the physical place of the converter udevadm info -a -n /dev/ttyUSB0 | grep KERNELS. Obviously, you should keep the converter in the same USB port place.

Now create a rules file /etc/udev/rules.d/99-ttyUSB.rules

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SUBSYSTEM=="tty", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0403", ATTRS{idProduct}=="6001", SYMLINK+="solar"
SUBSYSTEM=="tty", ATTRS{idVendor}=="2341", ATTRS{idProduct}=="8036", SYMLINK+="arduino"
SUBSYSTEM=="tty", ATTRS{idVendor}=="1a86", ATTRS{idProduct}=="7523", SYMLINK+="uno"
SUBSYSTEM=="tty", KERNELS=="1-1.2", ATTRS{idVendor}=="067b", ATTRS{idProduct}=="2303", SYMLINK+="sdm"

udevadm control --reload then udevadm trigger
You can now call /dev/solar or /dev/whatever