How do I access USB serial port?
I have two USB serial adapters that I'm using for a project I'm working on. They are both FTDI based USB-serial adapters that are supported by OS X. I am running Leopard 10.5.6 on a Mac Pro.
I understand that when I plug the adapter into a usb port I should find an entry /dev/tty.usbserial or similar with a different string in place of "usbserial". This is not happening. When I plug them in, whether to a USB hub or USB port on the Mac Pro no entries appear in /dev at all.
Both devices appear in System Profiler with correct descriptions etc.
Nothing appears in the Networking pane of System Preferences.
If I fire up VMware the serial ports are there and correctly identified and if I connect them to my Windows VM they work fine.
I wish to use minicom which I have installed using ports to access a serial device connected to my machine (without having to fire up VMware and Windows just for this simple task!), but I can't determine which serial port I should be using in minicom - given that the /dev/tty.usbserial entry is not appearing.
Could someone please advise how to get access to the serial port?
TIA
David.
I understand that when I plug the adapter into a usb port I should find an entry /dev/tty.usbserial or similar with a different string in place of "usbserial". This is not happening. When I plug them in, whether to a USB hub or USB port on the Mac Pro no entries appear in /dev at all.
Both devices appear in System Profiler with correct descriptions etc.
Nothing appears in the Networking pane of System Preferences.
If I fire up VMware the serial ports are there and correctly identified and if I connect them to my Windows VM they work fine.
I wish to use minicom which I have installed using ports to access a serial device connected to my machine (without having to fire up VMware and Windows just for this simple task!), but I can't determine which serial port I should be using in minicom - given that the /dev/tty.usbserial entry is not appearing.
Could someone please advise how to get access to the serial port?
TIA
David.
Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.6)