[Elecraft] K3S Set-up for WSJT-X

[Charles Johnson]

Grant is entirely correct - there is no need to delve into the inner workings of the Mac to get a USB/serial port to work. Plug in the USB connector and the port will show as a connected device - by NAME - no COM port number.

Charles, K4ZRJ, Registered Apple Developer


> On Jan 6, 2017, at 1:56 PM, GRANT YOUNGMAN <ghyoungman at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> As a very long time Mac user, I have NEVER had to do any such thing for a Prolific or FTDI port for many different applications.  
> 
> First time for everything, I suppose, but unlikely.
> 
> Grant NQ5T
> K3 #2091, KX3 #8342
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>> On Jan 6, 2017, at 1:40 PM, Al Lorona <alorona at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Wow, things have changed. In the early years of the Macintosh its claim to fame was true plug-and-play, where the user never had to go into the operating system to execute commands, never had to see a "DOS prompt". Since following this thread I see that that is no longer the case. That's too bad.
>> 
>> Al W6LX
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>>> You may need to add your regular login username, to a group
>>> sudo adduser #### dialout      
>>> Make yourself root to use that, as you need to on FreeBSD
>>> In fact, run dmesg before, and after inserting the adapter, 
>>> dmesg | tail  
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