I’m trying to connect my Mac’s USB port to a Sony Beta SP recorder's Serial Port using a generic USB to Serial adapter which uses the Prolific PL-2303 chip. I’m using the latest Prolific Universal driver, but when I plug in the USB cable I get a message that a ‘new network device has been detected’ and suggesting that I use System.
Connecting to the serial console on Mac and Linux uses essentially the same process. Neither operating system needs drivers installed.
On MacOSX, Terminal comes installed. On Linux, there are a variety such as gnome-terminal (called Terminal) or Konsole on KDE. What's the Port? First you'll want to find out which serial port your board is using. When you plug your board in to USB on your computer, it connects to a serial port.
The port is like a door through which your board can communicate with your computer using USB. We're going to use Terminal to determine what port the board is using. The easiest way to determine which port the board is using is to first check without the board plugged in. On Mac, open Terminal and type the following: ls /dev/tty.* Each serial connection shows up in the /dev/ directory.
It has a name that starts with tty. The command ls shows you a list of items in a directory. You can use * as a wildcard, to search for files that start with the same letters but end in something different.
In this case, we're asking to see all of the listings in /dev/ that start with tty. And end in anything. This will show us the current serial connections.
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You'll need to get a usb-serial adapter and then connect with a console cable. Adapters aren't very expensive. Connecting to the Console Port with Mac OS X To connect a Mac OS X system USB port to the console using the built-in OS X Terminal utility, follow these steps: Step 1 Use the Finder to go to Applications > Utilities > Terminal. Step 2 Connect the OS X USB port to the router. Step 3 Enter the following commands to find the OS X USB port number: macbook:user$ cd /dev macbook:user$ ls -ltr /dev/*usb* crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 9, 66 Apr 1 16:46 tty.usbmodem1a21 DT-macbook:dev user$ Step 4 Connect to the USB port with the following command followed by the router USB port speed: macbook:user$ screen /dev/tty.usbmodem1a21 9600 To Disconnect the OS X USB Console from the Terminal Window Enter Ctrl+A followed by Ctrl+ Hth, John Sent from Cisco Technical Support iPhone App. There's a new Mac app called available on the App Store. Full disclosure- I wrote it.
We got tired of having to find and install drivers for different serial adapters and devices we have here in order to administer Cisco switches, so we wrote our own terminal that uses its own built-in drivers for the most common chipsets available. There's a free demo available.
Also, as of Mac OS X 10.9, Apple began shipping their own FTDI driver. So, if you're using a USB-serial adapter that uses the FTDI chipset (many of the higher-end adapters do), you don't need to worry about installing drivers and can use the built-in screen command in the Terminal to access serial ports. You'll need to get a usb-serial adapter and then connect with a console cable. Adapters aren't very expensive. Connecting to the Console Port with Mac OS X To connect a Mac OS X system USB port to the console using the built-in OS X Terminal utility, follow these steps: Step 1 Use the Finder to go to Applications > Utilities > Terminal. Step 2 Connect the OS X USB port to the router. Step 3 Enter the following commands to find the OS X USB port number: macbook:user$ cd /dev macbook:user$ ls -ltr /dev/*usb* crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 9, 66 Apr 1 16:46 tty.usbmodem1a21 DT-macbook:dev user$ Step 4 Connect to the USB port with the following command followed by the router USB port speed: macbook:user$ screen /dev/tty.usbmodem1a21 9600 To Disconnect the OS X USB Console from the Terminal Window Enter Ctrl+A followed by Ctrl+ Hth, John Sent from Cisco Technical Support iPhone App.