TechCape Serial to USB problem

[alanc98]

I have a pocket beagle and a techcape, and I am trying to get the USB serial device working.

First of all, when I plug in a micro-usb cable to the techcape USB/serial connector, should the device show up on the host computer? I made sure I had a cable that works with data and not just as a charging cable. When I plug it in to either linux or windows, I dont get anything. Should I expect to see /dev/ttyUSB0 in my linux host for example?

As an example, I have other USB/serial devices, and they just show up as /dev/ttyUSB0 when I plug the USB into the host.

I also downloaded the techcape image for the pocket beagle, booted and logged in through the Pocket beagle gadget serial port.. should the USB/serial port be active by then?

Any device tree overlays needed to get it to work?

Thanks!