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TUSB4041I: Question about TUSB4041I enumeration

Part Number: TUSB4041I

Hi. I have 3 separate boards each one with a USB-UART converter. Each USB-UART converter handles 4 independent bidirectional UARTS. In a PC I see each UART as COM1, COM2, COM3, etc. When I plug a second board, I see COM5, COM6, etc.... until COM12. All OK. The thing is that I have to use a USB HUB to enter with the three USB interfaces and get out with only one. I think the TUSB4041I can solve my problem but I'm not sure if the enumeration of each downstream device always (between power on resets) is the same. This is important because I have an application that looks for COM 7 for example, and the COM 7 must be always the same physical UART. Also, if I disconnect the device of COMS 5,6,7 and 8 and make a power on reset, I will expect that the other COM numbers did not change...but I don't know.

I hope you can understand my problem. Thanks and regards

SR

  • Hi SR,

    The hub has no control over how the host controller will number the COM ports. Usually, the host controller will start at the lowest number hub port and begin assigning numbers there, but we cannot guarantee the numbering order if there is a disconnect / reconnect event.

    Regards,
    JMMN