[Xastir] OS X 10.6, Xastir and OT+

[Chase Turner]

Matt,

I've tried the following:

/dev/tty.PL2303-00001124
/dev/tty.usbserial
/dev/cu.PL2303-00001124
/dev/cu.usbserial

I believe I am current with the drivers, too.  However, I'm not sure the
drivers are current enough for 10.6?  I thought I had some thoughtful advice
from the following site:

http://www.ciskoblog.com/2006/05/  (Entry is at the bottom of the page)

But no dice.  I've gotten CoolTerm and it simply doesn't see any data
anywhere.  The little light on top of the OT+ blinks green every now and
again, but nothing gets passed to the computer.  I've adjusted the radio's
volume any number of ways and still don't seem to have any luck.

So, any recommendations for a good, Mac friendly USB to Serial cable?  This
IOGear does not appear to work.  I can't see that there is a problem with
Xastir or with the OT+ (other than maybe some stray RF getting into it) by
themselves, so this leaves the cable between them, yes?

Thanks for any help,
Chase




On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 10:19 PM, Matt Kassawara <mkassawara at gmail.com>wrote:

> Did you use /dev/cu.* instead of /dev/tty.*?  Using the latter gave me a
> good troubleshooting headache a few weeks ago.
>
>
> On 9/17/10 6:22 PM, Chase Turner wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I seem to have Xastir configured correctly (9600 8-N-1), and I have
>> flashed
>> the OT+ to KISS.  My trouble seems to be getting the two to speak to each
>> other.
>>
>> I've been using an IOGear USB to Serial adapter.  I've loaded the
>> appropriate drivers, I think, and the Mac seems to recognize that there is
>> a
>> USB to serial device.
>>
>> Does anyone have experience with this particular setup?  Alternatively,
>> what
>> are the rest of you Mac heads using with Xastir that gets you up and
>> running
>> with APRS?  I'm not very happy with the OT+ and would welcome suggestions
>> there(TNC-X?)- I think it gets some RF back into the device when I get it
>> to
>> beacon (which I have to use UI view to get it to beacon) the HT and it
>> locks
>> up- but that's partially my fault having it so close to the radio.
>>
>> I feel like I am close to getting the thing to work, but I am missing some
>> simple setting somewhere which prevents the OT+ and Xastir from talking.
>>  Any advice about this issue and/or hearing about other Mac users success
>> stories with Xastir would be most welcome.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Chase
>> W4TI
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