From: Adam Ladds (aladds_at_gmail.com)
Date: Sun Feb 20 2005 - 02:58:54 PST
OK, my USB serial driver is the same chip set (maybe the same make -
NEWlink USB Serial Adaptor?) and I dot it working under OS9 by putting
the extension called PL2303 driver in the OS9 extensions folder. For X,
i downloaded an installer packsge called
"ProlificUSBSerialOSX1.0.6.pkg" form somewhere (a quick google shows up
this
http://homepage.mac.com/davidemm/vx4400/ProlificUSBSerialOSX1.0.6.sit
but I don't know if it'll work), this works, but sometimes it fails to
connect in NewTen. I have not got this working with Escale, although I
have with NewtSync. I now use Wi-Fi, so I don't use it much anymore,
but I am (slowly) creating a mouse driver for the newton with it
(testing the mouse and seeing what it does, I now know exactly how the
mouse works, but I need to write a newton app that recognises then and
turns them into movements for an on screen pointer).
When it does work, it shows up as cu.usbserial0
Hope that helps
cheers
Adam
On Saturday, February 19, 2005, at 03:28 PM, Jeff Henry wrote:
>> Does anyone have extensive experience getting the pl2303 driver to
>> load
>> properly on os x? I'm using a USB-Serial cable with the prolific
>> chipset, and I cannot get it to load up and give me a device in /dev
>
>
> I dont use osx but if it is anything like getting it to work right on
> xp or
> 2k then you have a major challenge ahead of you. The problem I was
> having
> with it was that it would randomly pick a com port and also use a
> different
> driver even if I pointed it to the driver that I downloaded. I think I
> finally got it to work by removing all the references to it in the
> registry
> and pulling all the drivers that were in the system out. It was a major
> pain. Never tried it with linux which would be the closest to osx.
> Good luck
> you will need it.
> Jeff
>
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