UniChip Works on Linux

[zberz]

@Unichip Jack, et al
Little late to the party on this, I know... Also, first post. Hi everyone!

So I bought a used Unichip for the BRZ and was able to get it to work in Linux. I'm using Ubuntu 14.04, VMWare Player 7.0.0 build-2305329, and a Windows 7 Starter virtual machine.

This may not be the only way to make it work, but it worked for me:
- Start the Windows virtual machine
- Install the UniChip software
- Connect the USB cable to the computer and UniChip
- Go to VMWare Player's Menu: Virtual Machine -> Removable Devices -> "Future Devices TTL232R" -> Connect (hit all the "yeah, yeah, I know what I'm doing" buttons)
- Give Windows a few minutes to actually connect it, and it may (or may not) tell you which COM port it's connected to
- If it doesn't tell you the COM port, open up the device manager,expand "Ports (COM & LPT)" and find the one that says "USB Serial Port (COM[X])". Mine was on COM3.
- Open the Dastek QMaps Software as administrator
- Go to the "Comport" menu and select "Settings"
- Select the COM port you found earlier

THIS NEXT STEP IS CRITICAL!!!

- Make sure you flip the switch on the USB cable to "On". If you don't, you'll begin to question your 1337 skillz, all that money you put into a CompSci degree, and why you're even using Linux in the first place.

After that, it's operation as normal (see YouTube for how to remap).

[phrosty]

I'm surprised WINE doesn't work

[zberz]

Originally Posted by phrosty

I'm surprised WINE doesn't work

Tried that first. It doesn't recognize the USB to COM port driver under WINE.