[Ham-Mac] Help Removing Silicon Labs USB to UART Bridge Driver

[Dick]

David,

I fiddled around with XP Pro under VMWare and finally got it working
but still need to uninstall the drivers on the Mac.

FYI....
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On Feb 19, 2011, at 9:35 AM, David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote:

> The simpliest way to dio this is to use terminal to access those files - OSX is just a Unix system, with a finder (dare I say like XP File Browser), which makes working with files easier, but more limited in what it can do by default, so it hides a lot of filesystems from you.
> 
> 
> Open a terminal (found in Utilities)
> type 'cd /dev'
> type 'ls -ltr' (this will list all the files with the latest at the bottom)
> find the files you want to remove and type 'mv <filename> /tmp' where you put the name in place of <filename>. This may give an error like 'Permission Denied' if the files are protected or got installed without you being the owner, in which case use
> 'sudo mv <filename> /tmp'  and type you password when prompted (assuming you are an admin on the machine).
> 
> Restart.
> 
> The abouve does not remove the files, but puts them in a temporary place where the system should not use them and this allows you to use the machine and ensure it's working before removing them completely.
> 
> WHEN you are happy things are ok, use 'rm /tmp/<filename>' to delete the file - this can not be undone.
> 
> *A WORD OF WARNING*
> Be careful about getting the right files.
> 
> 73 de M0XDF
> -- 
> Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
> -Isaac Asimov, scientist and writer (1920-1992)
> 
> On 19 Feb 2011, at 15:17, Dick wrote:
> 
>> I screwed up by installing a Silicon Labs USB to UART Bridge Driver
>> 
>> http://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/pages/usbtouartbridgevcpdrivers.aspx
>> 
>> for OS X to let me talk to the Kenwood TS-590S software.  It did not work and 
>> the Silicon Labs installer does not have an uninstaller.  
>> 
>> I could use some help on how to uninstall or delete the SL USB driver.   When 
>> the installer did its thing it said it put two items under /dev.
>> 
>> I do not have /dev folder and would like to know how to find and remove
>> the installed items.
> 
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