Open driver?

[Dar Scott]

On Sunday, July 6, 2003, at 03:27 AM, Christoph Pastl wrote:

> The "open driver" command does not work.
> I used many different names for the drivername, but no success.
> (I took the drivername which appears in the Apple System Profiler too.)

I have been tinkering with a Keyspan usb-to-serial adaptor, today.  I 
have not been able to open this with Mac OS 9 and Revolution 2.0.1.

I have heard tales of others who have not been able to open 
usb-to-serial on Mac OS 9 and after a while have given up.

I have also experimented with 'open file' but it is hard to tell 
success, because I always get empty for the result.  I expect I will 
find that I have created all kinds of files.

I think some people have opened "modem" and "printer" (or is it 
"modem:" and "printer:"?).  If you can somehow force a name change, 
maybe that will work.


> The reason I know that my USB board is "visible" for the MacOS is,
> that I can request its name using AppleScript. (With the "SerialPort 
> osax")
> I can also send data to my module using this osax.

I'm not very AppleScript savvy.  How can I get this name?  Can I use 
'do ... as AppleScript'?


I am curious about this evaluation board.

Dar Scott


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