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[Jacob Tennant]

Ok that command ls /dev/cu returned nothing.

The command ls /dev/ returned the following…


acob-Tennants-Mac-mini:~ k8jwtennant$ ls /dev/
afsc_type5					ptyt5			ttyr0
auditpipe					ptyt6			ttyr1
auditsessions				ptyt7			ttyr2
autofs						ptyt8			ttyr3
autofs_control				ptyt9			ttyr4
autofs_homedirmounter		ptyta			ttyr5
autofs_notrigger				ptytb			ttyr6
autofs_nowait				ptytc			ttyr7
bpf0			ptytd			ttyr8
bpf1			ptyte			ttyr9
bpf2			ptytf				ttyra
bpf3			ptyu0			ttyrb
console			ptyu1			ttyrc
cu.Bluetooth-Modem			ptyu2			ttyrd
cu.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync		ptyu3			ttyre
disk0			ptyu4			ttyrf
disk0s1			ptyu5			ttys0
disk0s2			ptyu6			ttys000
disk0s3			ptyu7			ttys1
disk1			ptyu8			ttys2
disk1s1			ptyu9			ttys3
disk1s2			ptyua			ttys4
dtrace			ptyub			ttys5
dtracehelper		ptyuc			ttys6
fbt				ptyud			ttys7
fd				ptyue			ttys8
fsevents			ptyuf			ttys9
io8log			ptyv0			ttysa
io8logmt			ptyv1			ttysb
klog				ptyv2			ttysc
lockstat			ptyv3			ttysd
machtrace		ptyv4			ttyse
nsmb0			ptyv5			ttysf
null				ptyv6			ttyt0
pf				ptyv7			ttyt1
pmCPU			ptyv8			ttyt2
profile			ptyv9			ttyt3
ptmx			ptyva			ttyt4
ptyp0			ptyvb			ttyt5
ptyp1			ptyvc			ttyt6
ptyp2			ptyvd			ttyt7
ptyp3			ptyve			ttyt8
ptyp4			ptyvf			ttyt9
ptyp5			ptyw0			ttyta
ptyp6			ptyw1			ttytb
ptyp7			ptyw2			ttytc
ptyp8			ptyw3			ttytd
ptyp9			ptyw4			ttyte
ptypa			ptyw5			ttytf
ptypb			ptyw6			ttyu0
ptypc			ptyw7			ttyu1
ptypd			ptyw8			ttyu2
ptype			ptyw9			ttyu3
ptypf			ptywa			ttyu4
ptyq0			ptywb			ttyu5
ptyq1			ptywc			ttyu6
ptyq2			ptywd			ttyu7
ptyq3			ptywe			ttyu8
ptyq4			ptywf			ttyu9
ptyq5			random			ttyua
ptyq6			rdisk0			ttyub
ptyq7			rdisk0s1			ttyuc
ptyq8			rdisk0s2			ttyud
ptyq9			rdisk0s3			ttyue
ptyqa			rdisk1			ttyuf
ptyqb			rdisk1s1			ttyv0
ptyqc			rdisk1s2			ttyv1
ptyqd			sdt				ttyv2
ptyqe			stderr			ttyv3
ptyqf			stdin			ttyv4
ptyr0			stdout			ttyv5
ptyr1			systrace			ttyv6
ptyr2			tty				ttyv7
ptyr3			tty.Bluetooth-Modem		ttyv8
ptyr4			tty.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync	ttyv9
ptyr5			ttyp0			ttyva
ptyr6			ttyp1			ttyvb
ptyr7			ttyp2			ttyvc
ptyr8			ttyp3			ttyvd
ptyr9			ttyp4			ttyve
ptyra			ttyp5			ttyvf
ptyrb			ttyp6			ttyw0
ptyrc			ttyp7			ttyw1
ptyrd			ttyp8			ttyw2
ptyre			ttyp9			ttyw3
ptyrf				ttypa			ttyw4
ptys0			ttypb			ttyw5
ptys1			ttypc			ttyw6
ptys2			ttypd			ttyw7
ptys3			ttype			ttyw8
ptys4			ttypf				ttyw9
ptys5			ttyq0			ttywa
ptys6			ttyq1			ttywb
ptys7			ttyq2			ttywc
ptys8			ttyq3			ttywd
ptys9			ttyq4			ttywe
ptysa			ttyq5			ttywf
ptysb			ttyq6			urandom
ptysc			ttyq7			vboxdrv
ptysd			ttyq8			vboxnetctl
ptyse			ttyq9			vmmon
ptysf			ttyqa			vn0
ptyt0			ttyqb			vn1
ptyt1			ttyqc			vn2
ptyt2			ttyqd			vn3
ptyt3			ttyqe			zero
ptyt4			ttyqf
Jacob-Tennants-Mac-mini:~ k8jwtennant$ 

Open for any suggestions…

Jacob Tennant - WF8S

On May 26, 2012, at 4:16 PM, Jason KG4WSV wrote:

> On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 3:03 PM, Jacob Tennant <wf8s at comcast.net> wrote:
>> Ok I got my USB to Serial adapter connected
> 
> what kind?  different drivers have different naming conventions for
> the device special file.
> 
>> but not sure what to place in Xastir when I am configuring the serial port TNC as far as port name or number?
> 
> get a command prompt and do "ls /dev/cu.*" and see what turns up.  You
> may want to do it once without the device plugged in and again after
> you plug it up.
> 
> /dev/cu.xxxxx is preferable to /dev/tty.xxxxx
> 
>> I tried tty0, tty1, tty2 but nothing ever happened.
> 
> You need the full path to the device special file - e.g.
> /dev/cu.usbserial-00000000 is my FTDI adapter.  Xastir doesn't add the
> "/dev/" for you.
> 
> -Jason
> kg4wsv
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