[Xastir] Macintosh Snow Leopard + Xastir 2 + Kenwood TM-D710A = ?

[Jarett DeAngelis]

This driver did the trick of connecting to the TNC!  It caused a new device
to show up in /dev and I was able to use that.

Problems I have now:

GPS data is not passing through.

OpenStreetMaps don't seem to be an option, though I thought I compiled in
support.

The default maps don't seem to download correctly.

Thoughts?

73 DE KC2KOA.
On Apr 12, 2011 11:37 PM, "Chase Turner" <ke4qdl at gmail.com> wrote:
> I can't speak to what the proper settings are for the Kenwood, but I can
> tell you I never could get any serial/USB to work other than the Keyspan
> one. Maybe if I had fought it harder, I could have gotten the prolific to
> work- but I did everything I read about drivers, various serial ports and
> versions of drivers, etc. and nothing worked. Get a Keyspan USB/Serial. It
> works with ease.
>
> To answer your question about how to see the ports, check this site:
>
>
http://schmeits.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/usb-to-serial-for-mac-os-x-snow-leopard/
>
> As to why it is crashing, I seem to recall having that problem while
trying
> to change interface settings while that port was active. If you close that
> interface (to DOWN status) and edit it, I believe it wasn't as prone to
> crashing.
>
> Best,
> Chase
> W4TI
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 10:57 PM, Jarett DeAngelis <
jdeangelis at alumni.nd.edu
>> wrote:
>
>> Hi gang,
>>
>> I'm trying to figure out how to get my Kenwood TM-D710A working with
Xastir
>> on my Snow Leopard-powered Mac.
>>
>> I have a Prolific Technology serial-USB Kenwood cable that I know works
at
>> least to program the radio with under Windows. I know the programming
cable
>> doubles as a TNC connection cable. I am pretty sure that you put the TNC
>> into "PACKET12" mode to make it ready to transmit data via the port on
the
>> back of the head unit.
>>
>> Then what? I tried configuring Xastir to use a "Serial KISS TNC" on
>> /dev/ttys0. When I start the device in Interface Control, Xastir freezes.
>> Not really sure where to proceed from here.
>>
>> Thanks in advance, folks. I would RTFM if I had one ;)
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