[Ham-Mac] MacOS 10.12 Sierra Public Beta and fldigi-3.23.12

[Richard Kriss]

Dave K3DCW,

Yes, I am using the built-in USB port on the TS-590SG for both audio and rig control.

The Silicon Labs driver was the first thing I suspected so I downloaded and installed the latest version.  It did not solve the fldigi rig control issue. The Release note said it had been tested for OS X 10.11 but not for macOS 10.12. While SL has not updated the driver for macOS 10/12, I do not think this is the problem because the Silicon Labs driver works with the Kenwood TS-590SG ARCP application under macOS 10.12. The Kenwood ARCP requires the use of the SLAB USB to UART driver for a virtual port.

Are you able to get fldigi rig control to work with macOS 10.12 with you rig?    

Dick AA5VU


> On Jul 9, 2016, at 7:41 AM, Dave Wright <hfradiopro at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dick, are you using the built-in USB on your 590SG?
> 
> If so, perhaps there is simply a driver issue with the SI Labs chip
> and new macOS Sierra.  The drivers typically lag behind the beta
> versions, as I'm sure you know.  I seriously doubt that anything in
> Sierra would break rig control in Fldigi, although I haven't given it
> a go yet.
> Dave Wright
> K3DCW
> 
> "Real radio bounces off the sky"
> 
> 
> On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 8:37 AM, Richard Kriss <aa5vu at att.net> wrote:
>> Bob N7XY,
>> 
>> Have you tried the current fldigi with macOS 10.12 and does rig control work?  If so we need to talk because I must be doing something wrong.
>> 
>> Dick AA5VU
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jul 9, 2016, at 12:55 AM, Bob Nielsen <n7xy at n7xy.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Sierra is supposedly only for Macs from late 2009 and newer.
>>> 
>>> 73,
>>> Bob, N7XY
>>> 
>>> On 7/8/16 9:43 PM, Richard Prather wrote:
>>>> Working fine for me on my Mac mini (late 2012) with my K3.
>>>> 
>>>> Rick
>>>> K6LE
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On 7/8/2016, at 10:57 , Richard Kriss <aa5vu at arrl.net> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Heads up for fldigi users trying the new macOS 10.12 Public Beta
>>>>> 
>>>>>> http://osxdaily.com/2016/07/07/download-install-macos-sierra-public-beta/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+osxdaily+(OS+X+Daily) <http://osxdaily.com/2016/07/07/download-install-macos-sierra-public-beta/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+osxdaily+%28OS+X+Daily%29>
>>>>> <space>
>>>>> 
>>>>>> I installed the macOS public beta on a test partition and one of my first tests was with fldigi. The good news is fldigi-3.23.12 starts, decodes and transmits normal. The bad news is I could not get rig control to “Initialize" and as result fldigi could not display the frequency of my TS-590SG.  The same version of fldigi works fine with Mac OS 10.11.5.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I reported this to Dave, W1HKJ, and he is unable to verify the issue as his test Mac Mini is not supported by the new macOS.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Try macOS if you wish but be sure you have a good OS X backup.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 73 Dick AA5VU
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