[Ham-Mac] Rotor-EZ Controller

[Don Agro]

Hi Richard,

On 26-Sep-05, at 7:53 PM, Richard Pomeroy wrote:

> Having trouble getting the Rotor-EZ to work with MacLoggerDX, the  
> controller shows up in the System Profiler USB. But the problem  
> lies in the port from MLDX it shows my MicroHam USB which is now  
> controlling my transceiver fine. But it does not recognize the USB  
> port to which it is plugged into.

It is the USB/Serial adapter that is not being seen in MLDX because  
there is no driver loaded for it.

> So I am not able to go to prefs in MLDX and pick the controller.
> I asked Don Argo and he said that all I need is a USB-Serial  
> adapter which I have and it is seen in sys profile. So why does it  
> not show up.

ANY USB device will show up in the System profile but it won't work  
unless you load the driver for it.

There is no built in support in OS X for USB/Serial adapters - you  
need to load the driver from the USB/Serial adapter manufacturer.

> So I found the product ID and changed it to see if that would  
> work  /Library/StartupItems/FTDIReEnumerate/ReEnumerate -v0403 8200  
> Rotor-EZ
> The system profile shows the product ID as 8200 ($2008)  I tried  
> the ($2800) and it showed an error in terminal so I went back to  
> just the 8200 and it still does not work.

You need a driver for the USB/Serial adapter.

> Sure would like to get the hy-gain Tailtwister to be controlled by  
> my MAC I am using G5 IMAC 10.3.9
>
> Is there anyone out there in MacHamland that could help.
>
> Rich Pomeroy, W7RKR   email: w7rkr at arrl.net
>
> PS: Just love MLDX and Don Argo gives such great support!


73 Don Agro VE3VRW

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