Re: USB to Serial drivers for Mac OS X

On 2/24/06, Ivan Subotic <email@hidden > wrote:

I use this one (a few years now) and had no problems:
http://sewelldirect.com/usbtoserial.asp

and the drivers that work with it can be found here (or on the cd
that comes with the adapter):
http://www.prolific.com.tw/eng/downloads.asp?ID=31

-Ivan

On 23.02.2006, at 20:42, Bucic Vanja wrote:

>
>       I have worked with USB->serial devices since MacOSX beta days.
> Keyspan is the only manufacturer to provide reliable (as they get
> on mac) USB2Serial product line. I used their drivers from within C
> and Java, and they have been working fine for years.
> Have to buy their hardware though.
>
> Vanja
>
> On Feb 23, 2006, at 2:12 PM, Joshua Outwater wrote:
>
>> Assuming you are looking for a plain old driver for your USB<-
>> >Serial device check out the following.  Generally people seem to
>> have either the KeySpan connector like Scott said (which provides
>> drivers) or they have this one:
>>
>> http://www.usbmax.com/U232-
>> P9_DB-9_Serial__Adapter_High_Speed_230K_USB_SERIAL_RS-232_.cfm
>>
>> Which has drivers here:
>> http://www.mct.com.tw/driver.html
>>
>> Which has a problem functioning correctly until you follow the
>> instructions here:
>> http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20040205073630276
>>
>> There a definitely a number of quirks programming for the
>> converters.  You have to touch hardware a bit more.  Sounds like
>> some people on the list have run into some of these issues.  You
>> may want to look at a tutorial here:
>> http://www.easysw.com/~mike/serial/serial.html#2_5_3
>>
>>
>> Josh
>>
>> On 2/23/06, Jerry <email@hidden> wrote:
>> On 23 Feb 2006, at 15:34, Scott Kovatch wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > On Feb 23, 2006, at 3:25 AM, Melvin Dave Vivas wrote:
>> >
>> >> I'm doing Java-SMS development using a GSM modem. I already have
>> >> the USB-to-Serial cable. However, the vendor didn't ship a version
>> >> of the driver for Mac OS X. Are there any generic software drivers
>> >> out there that can connect my Serial GSM modem to my USB port in
>> >> Mac OS X?
>> >
>> > Who makes the USB to serial converter?  When you say you have a
>> USB-
>> > to-serial cable, are you talking about an adapter of some kind? Or
>> > do you really have a USB connector on one end and a 9 (or 25)-pin
>> > serial connector on the other?
>> >
>> > I was going to suggest that it might be faster for you to head over
>> > to your nearest computer store and pick up a Keyspan USB-to-Serial
>> > adapter, but I see you are in Singapore, so that might be easier
>> > said than done. :-) I don't know of any generic drivers, and
>> > there's no built-in support in the OS for converters.
>>
>> Well, I bought one of those several years ago and I wouldn't
>> recommend it to anyone. I must have spent a month trying to get the
>> stupid thing to do anything at all before I saw the light and threw
>> it away. It would work for about two minutes, then you'd spend two
>> days trying to get it to work again. It had the most horrible-looking
>> and incomprehensible software I've seen looking like a DOS program
>> ported to the Mac (it made Epson scanner software look good). It
>> crashed the machine if you stupidly plugged it into a different USB
>> port from the last time you plugged it in unless you first delete its
>> preferences file. Keyspan never replied to any of the emails I sent
>> them and they'll never see another penny of my money ever again. Now
>> look what you've done: I'm all worked up again now. Where are my
>> pills?
>>
>> Of course, your mileage may vary :-)
>>
>> Jerry
>>
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