[Xastir] Mac OS X + USB Serial

[Jeff Wigal]

Mike, did you try using the path

/dev/cu.usbserial0

I run a powerbook and that path seems to work for me.

-Jeff Wigal, WY7Q

On 9/6/04 9:19 AM, "Michael Virgilio" <mikev at mikev.com> wrote:

> Got a Powerbook not too long ago, and of course one of the first things I do
> is load up Xastir. The program runs great working off of the internet, but
> that¹s not the way I want to always be running it. But when I set up and try
> to activate the USB serial port I have, Xastir just hangs.
> 
> I did a quick search and found a thread from January 2003 (if I remember
> correctly) about this problem, or a similar one. One post in that thread
> said that it appeared that Xastir was stuck in a read loop. Another message
> said that just rebooting worked for them. Not here... Yet another said that
> having it not set to transmit at least allowed them to open the port. Again,
> not for me.
> 
> Here¹s what I have...
> OS X 10.3.5
> IoGear GUC232A USB serial cable (/dev/usbserial0)
> ProlificUsbSerial.kext (ver. 1.0.8b3 according to the info.plist)
> Kenwood TM-D700
> Xastir 1.3.2 (I¹m not into playing with development code that much).
> 
> I¹ve had no problems with Minicom (in a shell) or Zterm (gui not X11)
> accessing the serial port.
> I don¹t think AX.25 is an option for me, but haven¹t really looked into OS X
> support for it.
> If anyone thinks the Development version would work, I¹ll give it a shot. Is
> there just a diff I can download to update the source I already have?
> 
> - Mike, KG4JNA
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