[Ham-Mac] Disabling the built in FTDI drivers in OS X 10.11 El Capitan

[Chris Smolinski]

Neal,

I wrote the app Cocoa RTL Server, which  makes an RTL dongle appear like a networked SDR, following the RF Space protocol. So it works with SdrDx, and possibly other apps. 

Here's a short post I wrote just now about Cocoa RTL Server: http://www.radiohobbyist.org/blog/?p=1823


On Jan 29, 2016, at 2:03 PM, Neal Campbell wrote:

> Chris,
> 
> So the software was just something you wrote for yourself?
> 
> There is a real dearth of Mac SDR software and I always am interested in discovering more options!
> 
> 73
> 
> 
> Neal Campbell
> Abroham Neal LLC
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 1:59 PM, Dave Wright <hfradiopro at gmail.com> wrote:
> The SDR14 is a SDR from RF Space.  I don’t believe it is offered for sale any longer, having been supplanted in the product line by new products. 
> 
> http://www.rfspace.com/RFSPACE/Home.html
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Dave Wright
> K3DCW
> 
> “Real radio bounces off the sky"
> 
> On 29 January 2016 at 13:49:59, Neal Campbell (nealk3nc at gmail.com) wrote:
> 
>> Chris, 
>> 
>> I just went to your website but didn't see any product called SDR14. Since 
>> I am in business servicing Flex radio customers, just wondered what it was? 
>> 
>> 73 
>> Neal K3NC 
>> 
>> 
>> Neal Campbell 
>> Abroham Neal LLC 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 1:06 PM, Chris Smolinski < 
>> csmolinski at blackcatsystems.com> wrote: 
>> 
>> > If you use a device with the FTDI chipset, but need to use the D2XX USB 
>> > drivers, El Capitan causes all sorts of problems, due to Apple once again 
>> > making it difficult to not use the built in drivers. I ran into this 
>> > myself trying to get my SDR-14 to run. I wrote up some notes explaining 
>> > what I did to make things work, this might be of interest to others on the 
>> > list: http://www.radiohobbyist.org/blog/?p=1788 
>> > 
>> > I also explain how to make this work under 10.9 and 10.10. 
>> > 
>> > Chris Smolinski 
>> > Black Cat Systems 
>> > http://www.blackcatsystems.com 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
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Chris Smolinski
Black Cat Systems
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