usb driver problem

Thomas McGrath III mcgrath3 at mac.com
Wed Jan 19 00:55:09 EST 2011


I did just find an Applescript OSAX that will let me connect to the Arduino Uno.

http://mysite.verizon.net/vzenuoqe/MacSoft.html

SerialportX

It might be a bridge for this computer anyways.

-- Tom McGrath III
http://lazyriver.on-rev.com
3mcgrath at comcast.net

On Jan 18, 2011, at 11:03 PM, Thomas McGrath III wrote:

> I tried in terminal to do a screen /dev/cu.usbmodem1a21 and it worked. control a & control \ to stop and close port (I think)
> 
> 
> I don't know enough about shell to come up with a good script to try out here in LC.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> -- Tom McGrath III
> http://lazyriver.on-rev.com
> 3mcgrath at comcast.net
> 
> On Jan 17, 2011, at 1:06 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote:
> 
>> On 1/16/11 10:37 PM, Thomas McGrath III 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.
>> 
>> If the Mac thinks it's a modem, I'd try using "open file" as Mark Waddingham suggested. Specify "modem:" and set the serialControlString. He did mention that the drivernames aren't always accurate on OS X.
>> 
>> If that doesn't work, use "open file" with the "/dev/" path. I'm not sure which path would work, I guess you'd need to test them all. Basically the one that works in Terminal should work in LiveCode.
>> 
>> Did you try talking to it in Terminal? Does that work?
>> 
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