[Ham-Mac] microham on a mac

[Jack Brindle]

It is not a networking driver, so no it should not be there. Some  
serial ports do show up there - the reasoning is that they _could_ be  
used for SLIP communications. In general this is more of an annoyance  
than anything, and the serial vendors are now adding the proper  
information to the drivers so they do not show up as network interfaces.

Next question - why do you want to log in as root? This is rarely  
something that you want to do on modern Macs, and is never something  
that a non-developer needs to do. If you need access to root-level  
things, then use the sudo command on the terminal command line. If you  
don't know how to use the command line, then there are several  
excellent tutorials on the web, including one at the Apple developer  
site.

Now, for the microham situation, I seem to remember that they  
multiplex the communications between the computer and their several  
interfaces in their products. You will most likely need to multiplexer  
code that runs on the host side. I know that Chen, K7AY has written  
something that runs with his microham interface, perhaps it might work  
for you as well. But, this is most likely the time that you want to  
get hold of the microham folks and ask about their Mac OS X support,  
and what is needed to make their devices work with the Mac.

Lastly, be sure to use the latest FTDI serial port drivers from their  
web site. The ones on the microHam web site are out of date for the  
Lion OS.

Jack B, W6FB


On May 29, 2012, at 10:36 AM, Kevin Bottorff wrote:

> also how do I log on as root
> On May 29, 2012, at 12:22 PM, Kevin Bottorff wrote:
>
>> ok i found driver files in dev directory  shouldn't this port now  
>> show up under sys pref>network? if so it is not there
>> On May 29, 2012, at 11:14 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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