Testing a synthesizer

[Gene Collins]

James, to find the location of your usb addapter, try this.  at a shell
prompt, after you have disconnected and reconnected your usb to serial
addapter, type sudo dmesg.  This will display the boot messages on the
mac, and any disconnect and reconnect messages from the usb system. 
Read the last 3 or four lines of output, and see if you don't see the
device the serial device has been assigned to.  I'm not a mac user, but
I have checked, and I know the mac does support the dmesg command, which
must be run as root.  If the usb device doesn't show up, then you may
indeed need a driver.  The problem is that some devices need special
drivers, and others are supported natively by the kernel.  Hope this
helps.

Gene Collins

>The cable is made by dynex, I actually downloaded a mac driver, but  
>was told I don't need it and that it was for an older operating  
>system. Was also told that there wouldn't be any harm in installing  
>it, but I don't know?
>
>Sent from my iPhone
>
>On Aug 13, 2009, at 10:22 AM, Cheryl Homiak <chomiak at charter.net> wrote:
>
>> That means you probably do need a driver; did your cable come with a  
>> cd and is there any documentation about installing it on the Mac on  
>> the cd? What manufacturer shows up in System Profiler for your  
>> usbserial? System Profiler is what you were opening when you earlier  
>> described going into your menus and finding it. Also, I assume you  
>> did your ls command with the cable plugged into the Mac.
>>
>> -- 
>> Cheryl
>> "Let the words of my mouth,
>> and the meditation of my heart,
>> be acceptable in thy sight,
>> O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer."
>> (Psalm 19:14  Bible KJV)
>>
>>
>>
>>
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