[DogParkList] MicroHAM FTDI driver problem

Jan Öhberg sm7vvg@telia.com
Fri, 01 Oct 2004 10:38:47 +0200


You must drag the USB-device to the wast basket to "unplugg" it. If not
doing so the computer doesn't know that you have "unplugged" it.

Regards Jan SM7VVG


On 04-10-01 09.25, "Don Agro" <dagro@dogparksoftware.com> wrote:

> Hi Larry,
> 
> On 30-Sep-04, at 11:30 PM, Larry West wrote:
> 
>> I recently received a MicroHam IC13 USB controller to connect my Mac
>> with MacLoggerDX to my Icom IC-718. I'm having a problem getting the
>> proper drivers to load for the USB-serial interface.
> 
> There is an issue with the OS X FTDI driver that requires one to unplug
> and re-plug the device after a reboot.
> FTDI blames Apple - but the Keyspan drivers don't seem to have the
> problem.
> 
> FTDI has a rather complex workaround for this:
> 
> <http://www.ftdichip.com/Files/
> FTDIUSBSerialDriver%20Installation%20Notes.rtf>
> 
> ... but I find it easier to just unplug and replug the device after a
> reboot to force the USB controller to re-enumerate the FTDI device -
> then run the program that will be using the port.
> 
> 
> 73 Don Agro VE3VRW
> 
> D o g   P a r k   S o f t w a r e   L t d .
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