Sarah, There are drivers for older version of OS but it says that in OSX it shows up as a modem with no driver needed as in the Network pane in the device List in system preferences under the Airport Ethernet etc. list items.
-- Tom McGrath III http://lazyriver.on-rev.com 3mcgr...@comcast.net On Jan 17, 2011, at 12:10 AM, Sarah Reichelt wrote: > Are there drivers? For KeySpan and other USB serial adapters, you have > to install the drivers before they will work properly. > > Cheers, > Sarah > > > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 2:37 PM, Thomas McGrath III <mcgra...@mac.com> wrote: >> The dev/tty.usbmodem1a21 does not show up in the list using the >> SerialTest.rev stack. >> >> It does show up in the Arduino software Serial list. Also in the Arduino you >> have to use the tty.usbmodem1a21. Also when you plug the Arduino in the Mac >> detects a new modem and asks to set it up in Internet preferences pane. hit >> apply and then it shows up in Arduino. >> >> When i use marks make board software the /dev/cu.usbmodem1a21 does show up >> or at least when I took out just that part of his code that searches the >> drivers. >> >> put OSXDeviceNames() into tFiles >> filter tFiles WITH "/dev/cu.usbmodem*" >> >> Sorta stuck now figuring this out. >> >> -- Tom McGrath III >> http://lazyriver.on-rev.com >> 3mcgr...@comcast.net >> >> On Jan 16, 2011, at 6:19 PM, Sarah Reichelt wrote: >> >>> On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 2:18 AM, Thomas McGrath III <mcgra...@mac.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I am having trouble accessing an Arduino Uno attached to my computer via >>>> USB. >>>> >>>> The device driver shows up as "/dev/tty.usbmodem1a21" >>>> >>>> I tried a simple open driver then read from driver then close driver. But >>>> Livecode keeps crashing or worse my computer panics and dies. >>>> >>> When you get the driverNames, you should get a list of lines with >>> three comma-separated items per line. Here is a sample of what I get >>> with a KeySpan USB-serial adapter connected: >>> >>> KeySerial1,/dev/tty.KeySerial1,/dev/cu.KeySerial1 >>> USA28X1a2P1.1,/dev/tty.USA28X1a2P1.1,/dev/cu.USA28X1a2P1.1 >>> USA28X1a2P2.2,/dev/tty.USA28X1a2P2.2,/dev/cu.USA28X1a2P2.2 >>> Bluetooth-PDA-Sync,/dev/tty.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync,/dev/cu.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync >>> >>> The one you need to use to connect is the 3rd item i.e. the one >>> starting with /dev/cu. instead of /dev/tty. >>> >>> While LiveCode cannot communicate directly with a USB port, it appears >>> that the Arduino is providing a serial port, so this should work fine. >>> >>> On my web site, there is a serial test stack >>> <http://www.troz.net/rev/stacks/SerialTest.rev> that might help you >>> diagnose the connection issues. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Sarah > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
