On Mar 2, 2009, at 10:03 PM, Cliff Rediger wrote: > I've purchased an Oregon Scientific Weather station > and want to download data to my Mini G4 Tiger > The OSW has an RS-323 F serial connector and > I find Serial-USB adaptors readily available but > wonder if special drivers are required?
I think you meant "RS-232" instead of "RS-323"? I've got a Belkin F5U216 Dockstation for PC laptops that I've used as a multi-functional USB 2.0 adapter/hub etc. This unit has two standard RS-232 serial ports that use the FTDI chipset. FDTI provides OS X extensions for Panther 10.3.9 and newer, including separate versions for PPC & Intel. I haven't really had any reason to use these serial ports, but I assume they'd work? I do know the extensions load properly at startup and the two serial ports are shown in System Profiler in both 10.4.11 and 10.5.6 of a PPC G5. The OS X software for FDTI chipset adapters is available here: <http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm> Here's what I see in System Profiler: Belkin Serial Adapter: Product ID: 0x6001 Vendor ID: 0x0403 (Future Technology Devices International Limited) Version: 4.00 Serial Number: 01B746M3 Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec Manufacturer: Belkin Location ID: 0x4b312000 Current Available (mA): 500 Current Required (mA): 50 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
