[Ham-Mac] microham on a mac

[Mark Cohen]

Might I recommend plugging the device into the USB port and typing the following command at the prompt?

ls -lart | grep tty | tail -10

This command gives the last 10 lines in the /dev directory. Any new devices plugged in will be in this last group.

On my system I see the following output :

crw-rw-rw-   1 root  wheel       4,   0 May 11 18:49 ttyp0
crw-rw-rw-   1 root  wheel      18,   0 May 11 18:50 tty.SerialPort
crw-rw-rw-   1 root  wheel      18,   2 May 11 18:50 tty.MarkCohensiPhone-Wirele-1
crw-rw-rw-   1 root  wheel      18,   4 May 11 18:50 tty.Bluetooth-Modem
crw-rw-rw-   1 root  wheel      18,   6 May 11 18:50 tty.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync
crw--w----   1 mark  tty        16,   0 May 23 21:58 ttys000
crw-rw-rw-   1 root  wheel       2,   0 May 27 07:05 tty
crw--w----   1 mark  tty        16,   3 May 28 01:37 ttys003
crw-rw-rw-   1 root  tty        15,   1 May 29 09:52 ptmx
crw--w----   1 mark  tty        16,   2 May 29 09:52 ttys002
crw-rw-rw-   1 root  wheel      18,  34 May 29 09:52 tty.uart-16FF42C59D892744

Your serial device will likely be different, but you are looking for tty.usbserial/tty.uart/etc and a random number at the end. 



On May 29, 2012, at 9:49 AM, Jack Brindle wrote:

> The FTDI installers will not install anything that is specific to  
> MicroHam. They are generic serial drivers that support the FTDI USB- 
> Serial adapter chips. The /dev directory may not have the driver for  
> the FTDI device unless the device is plugged in, but what you are  
> looking for are entries that look something like:
> 
> tty.usbserial-00004006
> tty.usbserial-FTU2Q615A
> 
> and the like. Most likely it will be tty.usbserial followed by a  
> serial number.
> 
> Jack Brindle, W6FB
> 
> 
> On May 29, 2012, at 9:14 AM, David Kelly wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On May 29, 2012, at 10:50 AM, Kevin Bottorff wrote:
>> 
>>> On May 29, 2012, at 10:10 AM, David Kelly wrote:
>>> 
>>>> dkelly at clumsy {114} cd/dev ls-l
>>>> cd/dev: Command not found.
>>>> dkelly at clumsy {115} cd /dev
>>>> dkelly at clumsy {116} ls -l
>>>> total 0
>>>> crw-------  1 root    wheel       1,   0 May 21 08:26 auditpipe
>>>> crw-------  1 root    wheel      11,   0 May 21 08:27 autofs
>>>> crw-------  1 root    wheel      17,   0 May 21 08:27 autofs_control
>>>> [...]
>>> 
>>> After putting correct  spaces in. I was able to see directory no  
>>> lines match the ones you sent me
>> 
>> Am sorry but I have no idea what files you were told to look for  
>> there. I only showed you how to look. There are over 300 files in / 
>> dev/
>> 
>> If you got the listing command wrong then perhaps you typed the  
>> install commands wrong?
>> 
>> Files in /dev are created on demand by the kernel and device  
>> drivers. I suggest you start at About This Mac (first item under the  
>> Apple menu), then "More Info..." and then under Hardware click on  
>> USB. You should find something about your microham there whether or  
>> not proper drivers are installed.
>> 
>> --
>> David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly at HiWAAY.net
>> ============================================================
>> Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.
>> 
>> 
>> 
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