Mac USB-Serial adaptor

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	In 243d there is a USB-Serial Adaptor which works with Macs - it will be kept in the ScotGrid toolbox. The following are a set of instructions for use for Mac OS X 10.6 (for 10.7/Lion see below):		In 243d there is a USB-Serial Adaptor which works with Macs - it will be kept in the ScotGrid toolbox. The following are a set of instructions for use for Mac OS X 10.6 (for 10.7/Lion see below):
-	===10.6 Snow Leopard===	+	=== Step 1. Driver ===
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		+	==== 10.6 ====
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	* Install the drivers on this disk image: [http://svr001.gla.scotgrid.ac.uk/MacSerialDriver.dmg] (as an aside, this should presumably mean that /all/ PL2303 chipset serial adaptors work in the same way)		* Install the drivers on this disk image: [http://svr001.gla.scotgrid.ac.uk/MacSerialDriver.dmg] (as an aside, this should presumably mean that /all/ PL2303 chipset serial adaptors work in the same way)
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		+	==== 10.7 ====
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		+	* Install the drivers from here: [http://changux.co/osx-installer-to-pl2303-serial-usb-on-osx-lio] (which are mirrored on svr001 as [http://svr001.gla.scotgrid.ac.uk/PL2303_Serial-USB_on_OSX_Lion.pkg] )
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		+	=== Step 2. minicom ===
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		+	===Deprecated===
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		+	====10.6 Snow Leopard====
	* There are different options for a serial terminal on the mac - that one that I have tested is minicom. To install, follow these steps:		* There are different options for a serial terminal on the mac - that one that I have tested is minicom. To install, follow these steps:

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1 Mac USB-Serial Adaptor 1.1 Step 1. Driver 1.1.1 10.6 1.1.2 10.7 1.2 Step 2. minicom 1.3 Deprecated 1.3.1 10.6 Snow Leopard 1.4 10.7 Lion

Mac USB-Serial Adaptor

In 243d there is a USB-Serial Adaptor which works with Macs - it will be kept in the ScotGrid toolbox. The following are a set of instructions for use for Mac OS X 10.6 (for 10.7/Lion see below):

Step 1. Driver

10.6

• Install the drivers on this disk image: [1] (http://svr001.gla.scotgrid.ac.uk/MacSerialDriver.dmg) (as an aside, this should presumably mean that /all/ PL2303 chipset serial adaptors work in the same way)

10.7

• Install the drivers from here: [2] (http://changux.co/osx-installer-to-pl2303-serial-usb-on-osx-lio) (which are mirrored on svr001 as [3] (http://svr001.gla.scotgrid.ac.uk/PL2303_Serial-USB_on_OSX_Lion.pkg) )

Step 2. minicom

Deprecated

10.6 Snow Leopard

• There are different options for a serial terminal on the mac - that one that I have tested is minicom. To install, follow these steps:
  • Install MacPorts, the Mac equivalent of yum or apt-get: [4] (http://www.macports.org/install.php) - the direct link to the Snow Leopard .dmg is (as of 04/11/2010): [5] (http://distfiles.macports.org/MacPorts/MacPorts-1.9.1-10.6-SnowLeopard.dmg). Follow the instructions in the installer to complete the install
  • Install minicom using "sudo port install minicom"
  • Create the file /opt/local/etc/minirc.dfl with the following as content. Note that if running as a normal user you will need to use "sudo nano /opt/local/etc/minirc.dfl" or equivalent to get the correct permissions.

# Machine-generated file - use "minicom -s" to change parameters.
pr port /dev/tty.usbserial
pu baudrate 9600
pr bits 8
pr parity N
pu stopbits 1

• Once this is done, typing minicom in Terminal should start minicom correctly, assuming that you have the drivers installed as described above and having the USB-serial adaptor plugged in.
• If you are logging into an APC, press return to get the "User:" prompt

10.7 Lion