[Xastir] D700 with Mac

[Jason Winningham]

On May 27, 2005, at 4:56 PM, Keith Kaiser wrote:

> what I call the USB ports,

You may call them lots of things before it's over. (:  What's important 
is what the driver calls them.

The device special file name (/dev/whatever) depends on the driver.  
The only USB/RS232 device I use on the mac is a Keyspan.  It names the 
port something like

/dev/tty.USA28X822P2.2

in this case the model number is 28, "P2.2" indicates port 2 of a dual 
port adapter, and the "822" part is some derivative of where it's at in 
the USB device "tree".  The "822" part changes depending on where you 
plug the thing in (and how many times you have rebooted).  there is 
also a /dev/cu.USA28X822P2.2 version.  the tty vs. cu versions make no 
difference to xastir, as far as I can tell.  I always use the tty 
flavor.

If you don't have a Keyspan, check the documentation that came with the 
device to see what the name will be.  Do _not_ expect to grab any old 
adapter and have it work - you must have drivers, and Apple doesn't 
provide them.

I'm typing this message on a dual G4 with xastir visible in the 
background, it's running on my dual G5 at work, and it's on my 
powerbook as well.  I've used the D700 (rarely; i usually use the D7 to 
connect to a computer).  Just a data point to let you know that it will 
work.

-Jason
kg4wsv