DeviceOpen
DeviceOpen["devclass"] opens a connection to the first available device in the class specified by "devclass".
DeviceOpen["devclass",spec] opens a connection to the particular device defined by spec.
DeviceOpen[device] opens a connection to an existing device specified by a DeviceObject.
Examples
Open a serial port connection:
dev = DeviceOpen["Serial", "/dev/ttyUSB0"]Please visit the official Wolfram Language Reference for more details.