[Xastir] MacOS/Xastir problem

[John Wilson]

I had an issue with my serial to USB adapter and come to find out, it would
change which ports it was plugged into. For example, it would change from
/dev/ttyUSB0 to /dev/ttyUSB1.

After much digging, I found it best for me to write a rule for my device.

I used this link as a reference:

http://hackaday.com/2009/09/18/how-to-write-udev-rules/

I wrote this rule for my USB to Serial adapter and saved it as
/etc/udev/rules.d/60-xastirportserial.rules. Because I am using a TT4 on my
adapter, I changed the rule to call it tt4 so whenever it decides to change
ports, it will always recognize my adapter and never lose it:



#First typed dmesg after plugging in the serial adapter
#Identified the last item listed and ensured it was ttyUSB0
#Wrote this rule first to get product identification
#udevadm info -a -p $(udevadm info -q path -n /dev/ttyUSB0)
#Got the information from one set of parent rules and applied them in the
following rule
#ensuring that I got the location correct(in this case, 2-2) so that when I
plug into
#that port, it will always recoginze this item. Tested on other ports and
it did not
#identify it.
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{product}=="USB-Serial Controller D",
KERNELS=="2-2", SYMLINK+="tt4"

I understand you have a Mac but hope this will help in some way to keep in
communication with your device.

73 John


On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 5:10 PM, wf8s <wf8s at comcast.net> wrote:

> On linux yes.
>
> MacOS quasi-linux no.
>
>
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: Jean-Paul Bec <apomm84 at gmail.com>
> Date: 05/09/2013  3:26 PM  (GMT-05:00)
> To: Xastir - APRS client software discussion <xastir at lists.xastir.org>
> Subject: Re: [Xastir] MacOS/Xastir problem
>
> Are you sure thath your port name is correct?
> It's often ttyUSB0
> Friendly
> Jean-Paul F8BMB
> Le 8 mai 2013 22:38, "Jacob Tennant" <wf8s at comcast.net> a écrit :
>
> > Whenever I try to activate a serial tnc connection it causes my Xastir
> > instance to freeze for about 30 seconds then the serial port never opens?
> >
> > I have checked that all of the configuration is correct  duch as
> > /dev/tty.usbserialFTDI845 for the serial port and I have use a terminal
> > program to talk to the tnc and everything runs fine there.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Jacob Tennant - WF8S
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