[Xastir] Problems with TNC-X and 10.7.3

[Javier Henderson]

On Mar 5, 2012, at 9:03 AM, Javier Henderson wrote:

> 
> On Mar 5, 2012, at 7:06 AM, Jason KG4WSV wrote:
> 
>> On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 10:47 PM, Javier Henderson <javier at kjsl.org> wrote:
>>> (I posted this to the TNC-X Yahoo group, some of you may see this message twice...)
>>> 
>>> Greetings,
>>> 
>>> I have the latest device drivers from FTDI's website, and with 10.7.3 I get a crash every time Xastir tries to talk to the TNC-X.
>> 
>> Are we talking about Mac OS X?
>> 
>> If so, are you using /dev/tty.usbserial or /dev/cu.usbserial?  If
>> you're using tty, try cu instead.
> 
> I tried both, with the same results. It looks like the culprit is the device drivers. I'll try to contact FTDI, and ask them about support for Mac OS X 10.7.3.

They sent me a beta of their device driver with Lion (OS X 10.7) support, and the crashes went away. I asked them when they expect to release this new version to the general public, I will post another follow-up when I hear from them on that.

All is well.

73,
-jav k4jh