:ucom0: Magellan Magellan eXplorist, rev 1.10/1.00, addr 2, iclass 2/2 :ucom0: data interface 1, has CM over data, has no break :ucom0: status change notification available : :....any help would be greatly appreciated Try this: cd /dev ./MAKEDEV ucom0 And then see if you can talk to it via ucom0. -Matt Matthew Dillon <dillon at backplane.com>