Sony GPS CS1 - USB Mass Storage not supported?

I have the same problem, I get this:
Dec 10 10:02:06 myhostname kernel[0]: USBF: 63696.428 AppleUSBEHCI[0x3b6d800]::Found a transaction which hasn't moved in 5 seconds on bus 0xfd, timing out! (Addr: 0, EP: 0)
Dec 10 10:02:12 myhostname kernel[0]: USBF: 63702.428 AppleUSBEHCI[0x3b6d800]::Found a transaction which hasn't moved in 5 seconds on bus 0xfd, timing out! (Addr: 0, EP: 0)

in the system.log when I plug it in.

Hopefully this can be fixed somehow.

Under which Version of Tiger did it work? I am using 1.4.11 and it doesn't too. Under Windows and Linux it just works out of the box.

I believe it was working with Intel 10.4.9, but definately doesn't work on 10.4.11, nor in 10.5.x so far, nor in Parallels XP.

I also have this GPS as well and am wishing the Apple would get their act together and fix this problem. Sony is developing more and more GPS systems and for OS X regress in its support is frustrating.

Here is a work-around to get the GPS CS1 running on 10.5.2

*Disclaimer - it worked for me on my Macbook Pro Core2Duo - Do Not attempt if you are not comfortable with
anything below... if it breaks, it breaks and you should boot in safe mode (hold shift at startup) to revert to the
original kext *

1. Download the 10.4.10 update from apple.
2. Use Pacifist to extract IOUSBMassStorageClass.kext.
3. Open a terminal window.
4. sudo sh and type your password
5. cd /System/Library/Extensions/
6. kextunload IOUSBMassStorageClass.kext
7. mv IOUSBMassStorageClass.kext IOUSBMassStorageClass10.5.kext
8. copy the 10.4.10 IOUSBMassStorageClass.kext into System/Library/Extensions
9. sudo chown -R system:wheel IOUSBMassStorageClass.kext

Restart your machine - plugin the GPS CS1 and it should mount on your desktop.

What next -
1. I plan to write a shell script to switch kexts when I want to copy data from my GPS CS1
2. I might have a go at compiling my own IOUSBMassStorage.kext... we'll see

I just did this on my quad-core Mac Pro running Leopard 10.5.2 and it mounted perfectly.

This workaround also works on my Intel Macbook running 10.5.2

It's frustrating because there was obviously a fix in IOUSBMassStorageClass in 10.4.9 and 10.4.10 which got broken in 10.4.11 and 10.5-10.5.2, so it should be pretty easy for Apple to identify the issue. The problem is getting Apple to take notice of customers' complaints. I've even registered for Developer Connection as a free user and raised a bug, number 4898558, supplying all this info and logs. This was raised in December 2006, when Tiger was in version 10.4.8, and the only attention it has ever had from Apple was to claim that it had been fixed by Leopard. Clearly not true, as Leopard has broken GPS-CS1 support for many Intel users. I accept that Apple won't have time to look at every bug for every device out there, but telling me to go and buy Leopard to fix the problem when in fact it breaks it is unacceptable.

Hi there,

I tried the steps listed here without success.

At the kextunload step I get an unload failed error. At the sudo chown step I get a chown: system: invalid argument error. On restarting the computer, the CS1 still does not mount.

I am using a MacBook Pro on 10.5.2.

Any thoughts?

Cheers!

if you have no usb connected i think the kext is not loaded.
the chown command is invalid. Try root:wheel instead of system:wheel

also at my mac pro dual quad core it is not working.

can someone try or explain why there are different results? i am used to using the terminal

Mike

If you're still having problem with the Tiger usb device plugin hack, try mounting the Sony GPS unit to a NAS drive that has USB input.

I found couple of sites that basically says to mount the GPS unit to any NAS device with USB input, and hopefully the device recognize the GPS unit as a USB drive.

Then just connect to that drive over network.

http://int.cocolog-nifty.com/osakanarrow/2006/12/gpscs1k_7012.html

it's in Japanese, but pretty self explanatory with the pics...

I have yet to try this method... I don't know if Apple brand Airport unit will recognize it but who knows... Since I don't have any base station, I can't say...

the blogger seems to be using a NAS device which runs linux kernel...