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Mac's and serial TTY's. Mac's are excellent tools for accessing serial device TTY ports (to console into PBX's, switches, and routers). You just need a serial to USB adapter, the right driver, and some Terminal software. You can use screen, although Minicom (or a GUI program) offer more features and functionality. USB to RS232 Serial Adapter (FTDI Chip), CableCreation 6.6 FT USB to DB9 Female Serial Converter Cable for Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2000, Linux and Mac OS, 2M / Black 4.4 out of 5 stars 103 $11.99 $ 11. Sep 28, 2020 Click on the plus sign next to universal serial bus controllers and locate belkin f5u103 usb-232 adapter. This pl2303 chip is used in various devices like usb serial dongles and embedded usb bridges in cellphones, gps receivers, etcetera. This driver enables the functionality of prolific pl2303 usb serial adapter in mac os x. Also, as of Mac OS X 10.9, Apple began shipping their own FTDI driver. So, if you're using a USB-serial adapter that uses the FTDI chipset (many of the higher-end adapters do), you don't need to worry about installing drivers and can use the built-in screen command in the Terminal to access serial ports.
Geek Inc.If you develop on an Apple and find yourself doing any sort of device or embedded development, you will quickly find the need for a serial terminal on Mac. There are a few software apps out there, but I find it much simpler to simply use the terminal application “screen”.
This works well particularly if you have an RS-232 serial to USB converter.
The first thing to do is determine which device you want to connect to.
This works well particularly if you have an RS-232 serial to USB converter.
The first thing to do is determine which device you want to connect to.
Once you’ve determined which device you would like to use, you can execute the SCREEN command to start the serial terminal session on your Mac. Remember to specify the speed (baud rate) after the device name.
Once you’ve connected, you can use the terminal as you normally would.
To exit (and close the screen gracefully) press:
To exit (and close the screen gracefully) press:
Screen will then prompt you to quit and kill all of your windows. Press “y” and you’ll be back to your shell terminal.
This method works equally well if you want to connect to a serial bluetooth device. You must simply make sure that the bluetooth device is paired and active. Then you will be able to see the device in the list of devices. Once you’ve connected to the serial bluetooth device with screen, the connection will be held active for the length of your session.
I’ve used this method to connect to the sparkfun Bluetooth Mate Gold. It simply appears as a serial stream that you can communicate with exactly as you would with any other serial device.
This method works equally well if you want to connect to a serial bluetooth device. You must simply make sure that the bluetooth device is paired and active. Then you will be able to see the device in the list of devices. Once you’ve connected to the serial bluetooth device with screen, the connection will be held active for the length of your session.
I’ve used this method to connect to the sparkfun Bluetooth Mate Gold. It simply appears as a serial stream that you can communicate with exactly as you would with any other serial device.
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I had a situation recently where I needed a non-standard baud rate serial port interface. The only way that I know of do to this is to use a USB-to-serial convertor with the FTDI chipset in it and OS 10.4 (10.0 - 10.3 does not support non-standard baud rates). The prolific chipset found in most USB serial convertors only supports standard baud rates.
The Prolific USB-serial driver is very poor quality. It consumes way too many clock cycles when heavy transfers are in progress, and it will cause a kernel panic if software attempts to select an unsupported baud rate.
I had many problems with the drivers that shipped with the adapter, but I haven't had any problems with these drivers.
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No name USB to Serial cables often use the Prolific chip, but they also sometimes use the Silicon Labs CP2101; namely my T610 USB data cable. Sadly Silicon Labs doesn't give their drivers for download. But I have put up a guide (and instruction for obtaining the drivers) on my page:Getting no name usb to serial adaptors to work on Mac OS X.
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Hi All, If you CHANGE the Product & Vendor ID, the driver will then only work with the new product. What you Should Do, is simply ADD a a new DICT for the new product, like this: Printer Serial To Usb
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Should the last line of your code be:
<key>0557_2008</key>
and not:
<key>0557_2000</key>
to match the original key?
<key>0557_2008</key>
and not:
<key>0557_2000</key>
to match the original key?
10.4: Use an IOGear Serial to USB converter cable
I've been successfully using these drivers in Tiger since version 1.09b6. Haven't had stability problems as have been mentioned, but I only use it for low-throughput serial connections.
In addition, these drivers allow me to run Virtual PC, install drivers on the PC and OS X side and have a working serial port for the emulated Windows environment.
This kept me from purchasing a PC for my Windows-only ODB II software. For those that don't know, this is software for connecting a computer to a car and reading troubleshooting diagnostic codes and acquiring real-time engine sensor data...saves lots of money on trips to the dealer!
The cable I use was purchased from RAM Electronics. http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/usb_serial.htm
In addition, these drivers allow me to run Virtual PC, install drivers on the PC and OS X side and have a working serial port for the emulated Windows environment.
This kept me from purchasing a PC for my Windows-only ODB II software. For those that don't know, this is software for connecting a computer to a car and reading troubleshooting diagnostic codes and acquiring real-time engine sensor data...saves lots of money on trips to the dealer!
The cable I use was purchased from RAM Electronics. http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/usb_serial.htm
10.4: Use an IOGear Serial to USB converter cable
Oh, and I should mention the drivers work 'out-of-the-box' for the adapter that I bought. No plist tweaking necessary. Not a bad deal for $22.
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10.4: Use an IOGear Serial to USB converter cable
Cool on using VirtualPC to talk OBD-II. I'm able to talk to an ECM at 8192 baud OBD-I natively on my iMac inside a Xcode project. (using an FTDI based serial convertor)
10.4: Use an IOGear Serial to USB converter cable
Anyone know of a good vt100 emulator that will support these. I have not found anything to do vt100 emulation using a serial port.
Dale
Dale
10.4: Use an IOGear Serial to USB converter cable
You can try ZTerm ($15 shareware) and minicom (free from darwinports/fink)
Is there anything else that you need to do to enable/setup the USB port-as-serial port??
I see the 'USB device' in the Profiler, and made the product and vendor Id edits to the latest Prolific PL2303 driver (v 1.1). I've unloaded and loaded the .kext file and plugged in the USB cable, but don't get any indicator of activity (the cable LED isn't on) and my application fails to see a serial port.
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I see the 'USB device' in the Profiler, and made the product and vendor Id edits to the latest Prolific PL2303 driver (v 1.1). I've unloaded and loaded the .kext file and plugged in the USB cable, but don't get any indicator of activity (the cable LED isn't on) and my application fails to see a serial port.
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10.4: Use an IOGear Serial to USB converter cable
Hey gang! First of all I am new to this Forum. I am a new Mac Intel user and I came accross this forum about getting the USB-to-Serial adapter to work with OS X.
I have a new Intel Core Duo Macbook 2.0 with OS X 10.4.5 installed. I can not for the likes of me get this GUC232A adapter to work. I know this is a new beast but I welcome any sugestions to get this to work. Here is a brief summary of what I do believe t be working.
1.) System Profilter > USB detects USB-Serial Controller (Version 3, Manufacture - Prolific Technology Inc. Product ID- 0x2008 Vendor ID 0x0557
If install drivers and then try to load kext I get the following.
************** 26com_prolific_driver_PL2303 is not compatible with its superclass, 18IOSerialDriverSync superclass changed? kextload: a link/load error occured for kernel extension /System/Library/Extensions/ProlificUsbSerial.kext load failed for extension /System/Library/Extensions/ProlificUsbSerial.kext (run kextload with -t for diagnostic output) **************
If I use the mentioed -t option
************** kernel extension /System/Library/Extensions/ProlificUsbSerial.kext has problems: Validation failures { 'Executable file doesn't contain kernel extension code' = true } **************
I have tried the driver: PL2303_1.0.8.pkg and PL2303_1.1.0b1.dmg
Neither work.
I have a new Intel Core Duo Macbook 2.0 with OS X 10.4.5 installed. I can not for the likes of me get this GUC232A adapter to work. I know this is a new beast but I welcome any sugestions to get this to work. Here is a brief summary of what I do believe t be working.
1.) System Profilter > USB detects USB-Serial Controller (Version 3, Manufacture - Prolific Technology Inc. Product ID- 0x2008 Vendor ID 0x0557
If install drivers and then try to load kext I get the following.
************** 26com_prolific_driver_PL2303 is not compatible with its superclass, 18IOSerialDriverSync superclass changed? kextload: a link/load error occured for kernel extension /System/Library/Extensions/ProlificUsbSerial.kext load failed for extension /System/Library/Extensions/ProlificUsbSerial.kext (run kextload with -t for diagnostic output) **************
If I use the mentioed -t option
************** kernel extension /System/Library/Extensions/ProlificUsbSerial.kext has problems: Validation failures { 'Executable file doesn't contain kernel extension code' = true } **************
I have tried the driver: PL2303_1.0.8.pkg and PL2303_1.1.0b1.dmg
Neither work.
10.4: Use an IOGear Serial to USB converter cable
same problem here, also on macbookpro. was anyone able to fix this problem?
10.4: Use an IOGear Serial to USB converter cable
I tried installing the drivers on a MacBook Pro and it caused the hang on reboot. It wouldn't get past the gray screen. It was pretty terrifying for a while.
Luckily, I had another mac to mount the MBP (via Target-disk mode). I was able to find the offending KEXT and delete it. Boots fine after that. Whew! If I didn't have another mac to do this with, I'd really be hosed.
Luckily, I had another mac to mount the MBP (via Target-disk mode). I was able to find the offending KEXT and delete it. Boots fine after that. Whew! If I didn't have another mac to do this with, I'd really be hosed.
10.4: Use an IOGear Serial to USB converter cable
i got the same exact problem as above with the SLAB_USBtoUART.kext
i'm using a CP2101 chip with intel MAC Mini 1.5 SOLO - MACOSX 10.4
i'm using a CP2101 chip with intel MAC Mini 1.5 SOLO - MACOSX 10.4
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10.4: Use an IOGear Serial to USB converter cable
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I finally got this working. There's a new prolific driver available, not to mention a universal binary of minicom. The complete instructions are over at www.ciscoblog.com
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Ftdi Serial To Usb Mac
I found that in 'Change Kernel Extension Property List' step 4., the GUC232A was listed as 'Composite Device,' not 'USB-Serial Controller.' If you unplug and re-plug your converter, pressing Command-R (Refresh Information) each time, you should be able to see the corresponding entry disappear and appear.
Also, in step 10., to avoid confusion, the plist file properties are 'idProduct' and 'idVendor.'
Finally, in 'Reload Kernel Extension' step 2., the command as posted failed complaining of '(libkern/kext) not found.'
The following command worked for me (omitted the Contents/Info.plist at the end):
Also, in step 10., to avoid confusion, the plist file properties are 'idProduct' and 'idVendor.'
Finally, in 'Reload Kernel Extension' step 2., the command as posted failed complaining of '(libkern/kext) not found.'
The following command worked for me (omitted the Contents/Info.plist at the end):
sudo kextload /System/Library/Extensions/
ProlificUsbSerial.kext/