USB Devices sometimes change path on reboot (/dev/ttyUSBX)

[jabberwok]

I have multiple USB devices in my PI, and when I reboot, sometimes their "dev" path changes - e.g. from /dev/ttyUSB0 to /dev/ttyUSB1.

Is there a way to control that so that the same USB device will always have the same dev path? Or is there another path somewhere else that I can consistently access the expected USB device?

Long story short, I use the PI as a serial server, so I ssh to it to connect to attached USB devices. Sometimes they shuffle on reboot which is confusing.

[FTrevorGowen]

I have multiple USB devices in my PI, and when I reboot, sometimes their "dev" path changes - e.g. from /dev/ttyUSB0 to /dev/ttyUSB1.
Is there a way to control that so that the same USB device will always have the same dev path? Or is there another path somewhere else that I can consistently access the expected USB device?
Long story short, I use the PI as a serial server, so I ssh to it to connect to attached USB devices. Sometimes they shuffle on reboot which is confusing.

Are the devices always plugged into the same USB ports on the Pi? For example USB sticks can end up with swapped /dev/sd?? entries if not (auto-)mounted by label or UUID if not physically plugged into the same ports and I'm wondering if the same applies to serial devices.
Trev.

[RobHenry]

I'm not particularly familiar with it myself but I think you need to look at udev

You could start here:

https://wiki.debian.org/udev

Hope this helps

[DougieLawson]

Take a look at
sudo udevadm info -n /dev/ttyUSB0 -a
and see if there's a unique property like a serial number that could be used to write a udev rule.

For example, my Arduino gets

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ATTRS{serial}=="64935343633351C06280"

[Joe Schmoe]

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