[CentOS] Serial Port or USB monitoring / Logging

Fri Feb 12 23:47:17 UTC 2010
Gregory P. Ennis <PoMec at PoMec.Net>

Dear List,

I have a piece of equipment that sends data or reports data via a serial
or usb port.  I would like to connect this piece of equipment to a
serial or usb port of a Centos 5.4 machine and capture the report
information.

I thought this would be an easy perl task, but since I have not
completed the objective ... it has not been easy yet.

Do any of you have any perl scripts that do this?  I would like to look
at your logic either for a serial or usb port.

Thanks in advance!!!!

Greg Ennis