[Elecraft] USB to Serial on MacOS

[Michael Blake]

All of the Elecraft USB/serial adapters I have are also FTDI and work flawlessly on my MacBook Pro.

Michael Blake
K9JRI






> On May 17, 2019, at 3:07 PM, Tox <scott.small at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> This.
> 
> I have spent enough time fightingg "prolific" cables that proved to have
> fake chips that it is far cheaper to just buy the keyspan unit, install the
> ftdi driver, and have it Just Work (modulo variability in Port naming).
> 
> Chuck the prolifics, get a genuine ftdi (the keyspan unit is a great
> choice). Save the grief.
> 
> Scott
> AD6YT
> 
> On Fri, May 17, 2019, 11:12 AM AL7CR <al7cr at mooseaviation.com> wrote:
> 
>> I have been down this route on numerous Macs under many versions of OS X.
>> The absolute "gold standard" is the Tripp-Lite Keyspan USA-19HS.  They are
>> expensive but they just work on OS X.  I keep them in stock for projects.
>> Available on Amazon.
>> 
>> AL7CR
>> 
>> On Fri, May 17, 2019, at 10:28 AM, Doug Person wrote:
>>> I know there are a lot of guys that are very good at macs here. I'm
>>> stuck. I'm trying to get a USB to SERIAL adapter to work on a mac. I've
>>> tried 4. None work. I look at System Information but I honestly can't
>>> tell if there's a serial port adapter there or not or if it even works.
>>> I did install Prolific drivers. OS is 10.13.6.
>>> 
>>> Thanks for any help.
>>> 
>>> Doug -- KJ0F
>>> 
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