Are there drivers? For KeySpan and other USB serial adapters, you have to install the drivers before they will work properly.
Cheers, Sarah On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 2:37 PM, Thomas McGrath III <mcgra...@mac.com> wrote: > The dev/tty.usbmodem1a21 does not show up in the list using the > SerialTest.rev stack. > > It does show up in the Arduino software Serial list. Also in the Arduino you > have to use the tty.usbmodem1a21. Also when you plug the Arduino in the Mac > detects a new modem and asks to set it up in Internet preferences pane. hit > apply and then it shows up in Arduino. > > When i use marks make board software the /dev/cu.usbmodem1a21 does show up or > at least when I took out just that part of his code that searches the drivers. > > put OSXDeviceNames() into tFiles > filter tFiles WITH "/dev/cu.usbmodem*" > > Sorta stuck now figuring this out. > > -- Tom McGrath III > http://lazyriver.on-rev.com > 3mcgr...@comcast.net > > On Jan 16, 2011, at 6:19 PM, Sarah Reichelt wrote: > >> On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 2:18 AM, Thomas McGrath III <mcgra...@mac.com> wrote: >>> >>> I am having trouble accessing an Arduino Uno attached to my computer via >>> USB. >>> >>> The device driver shows up as "/dev/tty.usbmodem1a21" >>> >>> I tried a simple open driver then read from driver then close driver. But >>> Livecode keeps crashing or worse my computer panics and dies. >>> >> When you get the driverNames, you should get a list of lines with >> three comma-separated items per line. Here is a sample of what I get >> with a KeySpan USB-serial adapter connected: >> >> KeySerial1,/dev/tty.KeySerial1,/dev/cu.KeySerial1 >> USA28X1a2P1.1,/dev/tty.USA28X1a2P1.1,/dev/cu.USA28X1a2P1.1 >> USA28X1a2P2.2,/dev/tty.USA28X1a2P2.2,/dev/cu.USA28X1a2P2.2 >> Bluetooth-PDA-Sync,/dev/tty.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync,/dev/cu.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync >> >> The one you need to use to connect is the 3rd item i.e. the one >> starting with /dev/cu. instead of /dev/tty. >> >> While LiveCode cannot communicate directly with a USB port, it appears >> that the Arduino is providing a serial port, so this should work fine. >> >> On my web site, there is a serial test stack >> <http://www.troz.net/rev/stacks/SerialTest.rev> that might help you >> diagnose the connection issues. >> >> Cheers, >> Sarah _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
