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macBS2 usb driver truble

inventor2007inventor2007 Posts: 7
edited 2007-02-26 01:00 in BASIC Stamp
I have a USB boe-bot. That I am trying to program on a 500mhz ibook running OS 10.4.8 with macbs2 2.0b1. I have went to parallax and downloaded the mac tokenizer, but when I launch macbs2 it wont recognize the usb boe-bot. I tried both tokenizer versions neither works. I'v checked under the serial port menu the only thing it says is √ <none> in gray. I have gotten this to work before on other computers with much frustration so it does work but I forgot how I did it.

PLEESE HELP!!!

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  • LarryLarry Posts: 212
    edited 2007-02-25 19:00
    it's not the tokenizer that's at issue if you geta repy when you click the "check Syntax" button (like -Syntax OK)

    need more info- what Mac version (PPC or Intel?)

    what kind of serial port are you using? Do you have the right usb/serial drivers installed?

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  • inventor2007inventor2007 Posts: 7
    edited 2007-02-25 19:10
    it said the syntax was OK. I have PPC. Im just using the built in USB port. the boe-bot is just the USB boe-bot off parallax. it has a rather distinctively different circuit on one side of the board with a chip on it. the part number is FT232BM under that is 451-1. does that help?
  • Mike GreenMike Green Posts: 23,101
    edited 2007-02-25 19:15
    You have to install the USB-serial adapter driver. You can get them from FTDI here www.ftdichip.com/FTDrivers.htm. I've used MacBS2 on both a PPC and Intel Mac with these adapters and with a Keyspan High Speed Serial Adapter.
  • inventor2007inventor2007 Posts: 7
    edited 2007-02-25 19:37
    well I downloaded and installed the FTDIUSBSERIALDRIVER_v2_1_7.dmg and it seems to be working but every time I launch MACBS2 it says "The FTDI USB-Serial adapter driver that is currently installed (2.1.7) is not known to work properly with MacBS2. Symptoms can range from inconsistent communication to complete system lockup." is this any thing I should worry about or just ignore? and can this still send info to the stamp through the debug window or is that only windows?

    THANKS!
  • ForrestForrest Posts: 1,341
    edited 2007-02-25 19:51
    According to this www.muratnkonar.com/otherstuff/macbs2/faq.shtml you may need to download and install an older version FTDI driver
  • Mike GreenMike Green Posts: 23,101
    edited 2007-02-25 20:14
    On the other hand, I've not had any problems with the current driver. It may be that the current version works well and Murat has not yet updated his driver version test.
  • LarryLarry Posts: 212
    edited 2007-02-25 20:15
    Also, you may need to get the latest version of MACBS2 version 2.0b17

    It recognizes more driver/processor combinations

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  • inventor2007inventor2007 Posts: 7
    edited 2007-02-25 20:37
    I go went to the web site any way and got the older version it seams to have gotten rid of that pesky warning. since i already updated macbs2 earlier today. any way I looked through the other post on that web site and there was one about the debugin command there were two programs "goSerial0.2" and "ZTerm1.1b7.OSX" will these work on this driver or do they need more stuff? any one know how to use them or if there is something better. I would really like to get the debugin command to work.

    THAKS FOR ALL THE HELP SO FAR!!!
  • ForrestForrest Posts: 1,341
    edited 2007-02-25 22:32
    MacBS2 doesn't have the debug window like Parallax's Basic IDE for Windows does, so you'll need to run either of the two terminal programs you mentioned to get the debug window under OSX.
  • inventor2007inventor2007 Posts: 7
    edited 2007-02-25 23:58
    I have used both I cant figure them out. the boe-bot is programed to send text to the computer. the text comes up in macbs2 but in the terminal programs it only comes up about 50% of the time. goSerial0.2 has a-lot of settings I found such as serial port wich I set to the usb then there is speed wich I set to 19200 bps then there is data bits wich I dont know what is then parity then sttop bits, input, output, and that is just under port there is port, File transfer,script, and logging. dont know what to do.
  • Mike GreenMike Green Posts: 23,101
    edited 2007-02-26 00:18
    The DEBUG and DEBUGIN statements (and the serial connection used for programming) normally use 9600 Baud, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit. I've not used goSerial. I sometimes use Zterm. Both programs are old and don't work too well with the latest OSX releases. Try this website for a free simple serial terminal www.gelhaus.net/cgi-bin/showpage.py?cocoa/+quickterm.html.
  • inventor2007inventor2007 Posts: 7
    edited 2007-02-26 01:00
    WOW! I think I like that QuikTerm alot more! it works great! thanks!
    THANKS ALL! I think im good for a while
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