USB Serial Driver for Linux (Ubuntu)

Hello,

I'm trying to communicate with the F71 Teslameter from a Linux System. I've installed the Python package to do this (https://pypi.org/project/lakeshore/).

It looks like I will also need the USB serial driver located here: www.lakeshore.com/resources/software (bottom right of that page). The instructions in the install file asks users to edit some code and then run the 'makerpm' file shown below:

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Driver Installation

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1. Extract the source package into the home directory by running:

gzip -cd cp210x-x.y.z-i.tar.gz | tar xvf -



2. Modify line 17 of the ./cp210x/Rules.make file to set KENELDIR to point to

the local source directory. (2.4 kernel only)



3. Modify line 98 of the ./cp210x/cp210x.h file to set the include directory to

point to the local source directory's copy of usb-serial.h. (2.4 kernel only)



4. Use the following command to build the rpm:

./makerpm

It will be generated in:

/var/tmp/silabs/rpmbuild/RPM/i386/cp210x-x.y.z-i.rpm

where x.y.z-i is the current release number.



5. Browse to the directory above containing the new rpm and run:

rpm -Uvh cp210x-x.y.z-i.rpm

where x.y.z-i is the current release number.



6. This will install the driver if it is not already installed and up to date.

Reboot the computer to complete the installation. (optional)

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Few issues:
- I don't see a usb-serial.h file
- makerpm fails

Are there updated instructions / additional help on installing the usb driver for Linux?

Thanks!
Ram