Re: [MacRuby-devel] CNC Machine control using USB to IEEE 1284 Parallel port adapter

2012-01-17 Thread Robert Rice
Hi Scott, I don't see any change in the /dev directory when I plug and unplug the device. Unfortunately, Apple hasn't updated the USB example developer projects and many of the examples don't work under Lion. I may need to use IOKit routines to search for the device in the USB device tree. Tha

Re: [MacRuby-devel] CNC Machine control using USB to IEEE 1284 Parallel port adapter

2012-01-17 Thread Jordan K. Hubbard
On Jan 17, 2012, at 7:07 PM, Scott Ribe wrote: > On Jan 17, 2012, at 7:11 PM, Robert Rice wrote: > >> Prolific provides documentation for the simple report protocol for the >> device. I suspect that an appropriate driver already exists for this device >> but how would I find it? I actually ra

Re: [MacRuby-devel] CNC Machine control using USB to IEEE 1284 Parallel port adapter

2012-01-17 Thread Scott Ribe
On Jan 17, 2012, at 8:17 PM, Robert Rice wrote: > I have lots of device files in dev but nothing identified by 1284. Is there a > way to search other than by file name? No, but you can compare the listings with the device plugged & unplugged. -- Scott Ribe scott_r...@elevated-dev.com http://ww

Re: [MacRuby-devel] CNC Machine control using USB to IEEE 1284 Parallel port adapter

2012-01-17 Thread Robert Rice
Hi Scott, I have lots of device files in dev but nothing identified by 1284. Is there a way to search other than by file name? Thanks, Bob On Jan 17, 2012, at 10:07 PM, Scott Ribe wrote: > On Jan 17, 2012, at 7:11 PM, Robert Rice wrote: > >> Prolific provides documentation for the simple repo

Re: [MacRuby-devel] CNC Machine control using USB to IEEE 1284 Parallel port adapter

2012-01-17 Thread Scott Ribe
On Jan 17, 2012, at 7:11 PM, Robert Rice wrote: > Prolific provides documentation for the simple report protocol for the > device. I suspect that an appropriate driver already exists for this device > but how would I find it? Look in /dev for something that looks like it would be that device?

[MacRuby-devel] CNC Machine control using USB to IEEE 1284 Parallel port adapter

2012-01-17 Thread Robert Rice
Hi, I've become interested in Computer Numeric Control (CNC) machine control. I find there is very little support for the Macintosh platform and many PC programs for the task have a crude user interface so I would like to create a Macintosh CNC application using MacRuby. CNC programs and motor

Re: [MacRuby-devel] macruby GCD Fibers

2012-01-17 Thread Alan Skipp
Hi folks, just a quick note (followed by a question) to let you know that my GCD rendition of ruby 1.9's most used feature – Fibers, is nearing completion. Code here: https://github.com/alskipp/MacrubyFibers Currently passes 51 expectations from the fiber spec. 3 failures, all related to raisi