[Ham-Mac] microham on a mac

[Andrew Madsen]

The instruction to list files in /dev to find out if USB to serial adapter hardware is setup correctly is basically correct, but the exact command to type isn't really optimum. System Profiler won't tell you anything particularly useful as it will report the presence of the adapter regardless of whether the driver is (properly) installed or not. Do this instead:

Open Terminal, and type (or copy/paste) the following line *exactly* as it appears below (spaces matter):

ls /dev/tty.*

You should see a list of all tty devices available on your Mac. Two of them will be the built in Bluetooth adapter (tty.Bluetooth-Modem an dtty.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync). Ignore those. If your adapter is connected, and the driver is installed and everything is working properly, you'll also see an entry for it. For example, on my machine, the output of this command is:

iMac:~ andrewmadsen$ ls /dev/tty.*
/dev/tty.Bluetooth-Modem	/dev/tty.PL2303-000013FD
/dev/tty.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync

/dev/tty.PL2302-000013FD is a Prolific PL2302-based USB to serial adapter. The exact name of your adapter will be different, since it uses an FTDI chip/drivers, but the idea is the same. If you see an entry for it, that's a good indication that everything's setup and ready to be used with your rig control software. If you don't see it, the first thing to try is to reinstall the drivers. If that doesn't work, contact microHAM for further support.

73,
Andrew AC7CF

On May 29, 2012, at 10:14 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.
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