usb driver problem

[Sarah Reichelt]

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 <mcgrath3 at 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
> 3mcgrath at 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 <mcgrath3 at 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