[Ham-Mac] USB to Serial Ports

[Bob]

Thanks.  I do have a keyspan USB to Serial adapter. I bought this one to 
add  more serial port devices to my mac.  I does have a disk with mac 
drivers, I just cant get then to install.

Bob/kg2rp
> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:18:45 -0500
> From: Steve Hellyer <va3sph at mac.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ham-Mac] USB to Serial Ports
> To: Mac enthusiasts involved in amateur radio applications
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> Bob,
>
> My advice... Return it and buy one of these.
> http://www.keyspan.com/products/usa19hs/
>
> If it doesn't come with an installer for Mac OS X then it likely not  
> what you want.
> Keyspan has some great drivers which to be honest is much more  
> important that the hardware part.
>
> Bad drivers can cause severe problems with your computer as they  
> attach to OS kernel. It not worth it risk in my opinion.
>
> 73
> Steve - VA3SPH
>
> On 7-Dec-08, at 7:54 PM, Bob wrote:
>
>   
>> I have a related issue. i jsut purchased a USB to dual db9 serial  
>> cable. It has the mac OSX drivers. I have tried to load the drivers  
>> both from the CD and from the cablesunlimited.com web site. However,  
>> when I  unarchive the package, and check to see if the driver is  
>> installed, I cant find it using the kextstat command in a terminal  
>> window, or with the system profiler.
>>
>> Bob/kg2rp
>>     
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 13:56:01 -0500
> From: Chris Smolinski <csmolinski at blackcatsystems.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ham-Mac] USB to Serial Ports
> To: Mac enthusiasts involved in amateur radio applications
> 	<ham-mac at mailman.qth.net>
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> The Keyspan units are very good, I also have had excellent luck with 
> adapters using the FTDI chipset, their OS X driver is very solid. 
> I've had terrible luck with anything using the Prolific chipset. YMMV.
>
>   
>> Bob,
>>
>> My advice... Return it and buy one of these.
>> http://www.keyspan.com/products/usa19hs/
>>
>> If it doesn't come with an installer for Mac OS X then it likely not 
>> what you want.
>> Keyspan has some great drivers which to be honest is much more 
>> important that the hardware part.
>>
>> Bad drivers can cause severe problems with your computer as they 
>> attach to OS kernel. It not worth it risk in my opinion.
>>
>> 73
>> Steve - VA3SPH
>>
>> On 7-Dec-08, at 7:54 PM, Bob wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> I have a related issue. i jsut purchased a USB to dual db9 serial 
>>> cable. It has the mac OSX drivers. I have tried to load the drivers 
>>> both from the CD and from the cablesunlimited.com web site. 
>>> However, when I  unarchive the package, and check to see if the 
>>> driver is installed, I cant find it using the kextstat command in a 
>>> terminal window, or with the system profiler.
>>>
>>> Bob/kg2rp
>>>       
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