Obtaining PID, VID

Fujmon

Just installed MacBS2 on my PowerBook, but initially could not find the BOE Rev B (USB) board. I dug around, and found a work-around that involves installing an older version of FTDIUSBSerialDriver. After installing, system recognizes a new network port, but MacBS2 cannot access it.

So, i am logging into root to /Library/StartupItems/FTDIReEnumerate to edit the FTDIReEnumerate file, but need to reassign the vendorID (VID) and productID (PID). Where do I find this information? Will that information be in hex, or must i convert the dec number into hex before insertion into the line of text within aforementioned file?

gary

SSteve

You shouldn't need to make any changes to FTDIReEnumerate. I'm using the Professional Development Board which I assume has the same FTDI chip as the USB BOE. I had trouble getting MacBS2 to recognize the port at first, but a restart helped.

For your reference, here's the contents of my FTDIReEnumerate:

#!/bin/sh

##
# Start FTDI ReEnumeration
##

. /etc/rc.common

ConsoleMessage "Starting FTDI ReEnumerate"

/Library/StartupItems/FTDIReEnumerate/ReEnumerate -v0403 -p6001

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Fujmon

Thanks for your comments SSteve, but I have rebooted my Mac several times but can not get MacBS2 to see the port (clicking the ID Stamp button returns an error msg: "Couldn't open serial connection. Serial adapter plugged in? Port Selected?"

System Preferences discovered the new network connection, but the Network Status dropdown shows that usbserial-181 "is configured, but is not connected"

The documentation that comes with MacBS2 identifies the problem, and offeres the modification of the FTDIReEnumerate file. I just need to know what my BOE Rev B (that has a BS2 Rev G chip) board's PID and VID numbers are...

gary

SSteve

So nothing shows up in MacBS2's "Serial Port" drop down?

I'm not 100% sure the PID/VID is the issue. I'm successfully using both my Parallax USB/Serial adapter and the built-in USB port on my Professional Development Board with the PID and VID I posted earlier.

Here are a couple other things to look for:

If you go to System Preferences -> Network and select Show: Network Port Configurations you shouldn't have the usbserial-XXXX driver checked.

Run terminal and go to the /dev directory. Enter the command "ls cu.*". Do you see an entry for cu.usbserial-XXXX? There should also be a "tty.usbserial-XXXX" if you enter the command "ls tty.*".

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