Thanks Ronni The driver suggested which worked was Mac_OSX_VCP_Driver v2.9 also from Silicon Labs. Very many thanks for your help.
Regards Barry On 30/08/2012, at 2:34 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > Try going to Silicon Labs and downloading the CP210x USB to UART Bridge VCP > Driver. Then look for that when you launch WeatherLink. > > http://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/Page ... ivers.aspx > > Once you get WeatherLink up and running, you might, that you are not > enamoured with the product. Most Mac users have switched to other Mac weather > applications, such as WeatherSnoop <http://www.weathersnoop.com/home/> or > WeatherCat <http://trixology.com> > > Cheers, > Ronni > > On 30/08/2012, at 1:45 PM, Barry Sexstone <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Ronni >> >> The program is Weather Link for Mac. >> Unfortunately in the dropbox for communication setup there is only >> "Bluetooth-PDA-sync", it is the SLAB_USBtoUART I need but don't know how to >> get/set it to show. >> >> Regards >> >> Barry >> >> >> On 30/08/2012, at 1:20 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: >> >>> Hi Barry, >>> >>> What is the Program? >>> Is this the 'Weather Display for Mac'? If so it should have something >>> similar to this: >>> In WeatherDisplay / control Panel / COM Port There's a USB to Serial name >>> box set to /dev/tty.SLAB_USBtoUART. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ronni >>> >>> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" >>> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD >>> >>> OS X 10.7.4 Lion >>> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) >>> >>> On 30/08/2012, at 12:58 PM, Barry Sexstone <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> G'Day All >>>> >>>> I am investigating a program which collects and displays weather data from >>>> a weather station. The supplier says that the connection needs to be >>>> through a "UART" USB Port and not a "Bluetooth"port as he seems to think >>>> mine are. He says that in the "other" operating system it is possible to >>>> change a port using the control panel but he has no idea about doing this >>>> with a Mac. >>>> Does anyone have any ideas how I can change the properties of a USB port >>>> or am I stuck with the Bluetooth system? >>>> I can run the connection on an earlier Mac running 10.5 but not on this >>>> one running 10.7 >>>> Is this something lost with Lion as was the Rosetta capability? >>>> >>>> Thanks for any advice. >>>> >>>> Barry > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
