Ok that command ls /dev/cu returned nothing. The command ls /dev/ returned the following…
acob-Tennants-Mac-mini:~ k8jwtennant$ ls /dev/ afsc_type5 ptyt5 ttyr0 auditpipe ptyt6 ttyr1 auditsessions ptyt7 ttyr2 autofs ptyt8 ttyr3 autofs_control ptyt9 ttyr4 autofs_homedirmounter ptyta ttyr5 autofs_notrigger ptytb ttyr6 autofs_nowait ptytc ttyr7 bpf0 ptytd ttyr8 bpf1 ptyte ttyr9 bpf2 ptytf ttyra bpf3 ptyu0 ttyrb console ptyu1 ttyrc cu.Bluetooth-Modem ptyu2 ttyrd cu.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync ptyu3 ttyre disk0 ptyu4 ttyrf disk0s1 ptyu5 ttys0 disk0s2 ptyu6 ttys000 disk0s3 ptyu7 ttys1 disk1 ptyu8 ttys2 disk1s1 ptyu9 ttys3 disk1s2 ptyua ttys4 dtrace ptyub ttys5 dtracehelper ptyuc ttys6 fbt ptyud ttys7 fd ptyue ttys8 fsevents ptyuf ttys9 io8log ptyv0 ttysa io8logmt ptyv1 ttysb klog ptyv2 ttysc lockstat ptyv3 ttysd machtrace ptyv4 ttyse nsmb0 ptyv5 ttysf null ptyv6 ttyt0 pf ptyv7 ttyt1 pmCPU ptyv8 ttyt2 profile ptyv9 ttyt3 ptmx ptyva ttyt4 ptyp0 ptyvb ttyt5 ptyp1 ptyvc ttyt6 ptyp2 ptyvd ttyt7 ptyp3 ptyve ttyt8 ptyp4 ptyvf ttyt9 ptyp5 ptyw0 ttyta ptyp6 ptyw1 ttytb ptyp7 ptyw2 ttytc ptyp8 ptyw3 ttytd ptyp9 ptyw4 ttyte ptypa ptyw5 ttytf ptypb ptyw6 ttyu0 ptypc ptyw7 ttyu1 ptypd ptyw8 ttyu2 ptype ptyw9 ttyu3 ptypf ptywa ttyu4 ptyq0 ptywb ttyu5 ptyq1 ptywc ttyu6 ptyq2 ptywd ttyu7 ptyq3 ptywe ttyu8 ptyq4 ptywf ttyu9 ptyq5 random ttyua ptyq6 rdisk0 ttyub ptyq7 rdisk0s1 ttyuc ptyq8 rdisk0s2 ttyud ptyq9 rdisk0s3 ttyue ptyqa rdisk1 ttyuf ptyqb rdisk1s1 ttyv0 ptyqc rdisk1s2 ttyv1 ptyqd sdt ttyv2 ptyqe stderr ttyv3 ptyqf stdin ttyv4 ptyr0 stdout ttyv5 ptyr1 systrace ttyv6 ptyr2 tty ttyv7 ptyr3 tty.Bluetooth-Modem ttyv8 ptyr4 tty.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync ttyv9 ptyr5 ttyp0 ttyva ptyr6 ttyp1 ttyvb ptyr7 ttyp2 ttyvc ptyr8 ttyp3 ttyvd ptyr9 ttyp4 ttyve ptyra ttyp5 ttyvf ptyrb ttyp6 ttyw0 ptyrc ttyp7 ttyw1 ptyrd ttyp8 ttyw2 ptyre ttyp9 ttyw3 ptyrf ttypa ttyw4 ptys0 ttypb ttyw5 ptys1 ttypc ttyw6 ptys2 ttypd ttyw7 ptys3 ttype ttyw8 ptys4 ttypf ttyw9 ptys5 ttyq0 ttywa ptys6 ttyq1 ttywb ptys7 ttyq2 ttywc ptys8 ttyq3 ttywd ptys9 ttyq4 ttywe ptysa ttyq5 ttywf ptysb ttyq6 urandom ptysc ttyq7 vboxdrv ptysd ttyq8 vboxnetctl ptyse ttyq9 vmmon ptysf ttyqa vn0 ptyt0 ttyqb vn1 ptyt1 ttyqc vn2 ptyt2 ttyqd vn3 ptyt3 ttyqe zero ptyt4 ttyqf Jacob-Tennants-Mac-mini:~ k8jwtennant$ Open for any suggestions… Jacob Tennant - WF8S On May 26, 2012, at 4:16 PM, Jason KG4WSV wrote: > On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 3:03 PM, Jacob Tennant <[email protected]> wrote: >> Ok I got my USB to Serial adapter connected > > what kind? different drivers have different naming conventions for > the device special file. > >> but not sure what to place in Xastir when I am configuring the serial port >> TNC as far as port name or number? > > get a command prompt and do "ls /dev/cu.*" and see what turns up. You > may want to do it once without the device plugged in and again after > you plug it up. > > /dev/cu.xxxxx is preferable to /dev/tty.xxxxx > >> I tried tty0, tty1, tty2 but nothing ever happened. > > You need the full path to the device special file - e.g. > /dev/cu.usbserial-00000000 is my FTDI adapter. Xastir doesn't add the > "/dev/" for you. > > -Jason > kg4wsv > _______________________________________________ > Xastir mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
