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USB Serial issue with minicom 2.7.1?

A few days ago, I bought some usb to serial modules (FT232) and tried to use with my MacBook to control a hardware via console. I downloaded and installed the latest driver provided by FTDI (version 2.4.2) and also installed minicom 2.7.1 from homebrew.


Unfortunately, when I connect Macbook to the board, it hasn't any responses and my terminal window is blank. But, it still works if I connect to another PC.


I just updated to macOS Catalina and haven't tried it with previous MacOS version.


Has anyone had the same problem?

MacBook Pro with Touch Bar

Posted on Oct 14, 2019 11:07 PM

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Posted on Oct 15, 2019 9:24 AM

It's solved. In serial port setup, Lockfile Location field must be pointed to a folder which current user could have permission.

I will close this question.


Thank you.

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