- #Download prolific usb to serial driver for mac how to#
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- #Download prolific usb to serial driver for mac code#
Release) seems like a much more legitimate self-help remedy to avoid (apparently made directly to FTDI reps, before the new driver To make the driver emit 'FAKECHIP' strings in place of the serial Maybe I do want Prolific 2303-based USB-serial devices after Whether the device will be overwritten by the new FTDI driver or There does not seem to be any way to be certain, as an end-user, Reported as having a FTDI chip in it, because other than decapping It seems to me this means that (a) one should avoid installing theįTDI driver 2.12.00 or newer and (b) one should avoid buying anything The same change seems to have been proposed for the Linux driver,Īnd someone proposed the Linux driver accept the overwritten They justify damaging other devices as permitted by the
#Download prolific usb to serial driver for mac code#
Overwrite the USB PID/VID of devices they considered 'fake' ( speculated to be this code which looks plausible, and seems to do EEPROM writes that (many?) non-FTDI devices accept, but FTDI devices reject as being too narrow a write to be valid). Which may be why Apple chose not to support it in their FTDI driver.)ĮTA, : FTDI released driver version 2.12.00 with code to (It looks like the Dolphin USB to Serialĭesign dates back to 2002, and uses an older deprecated FTDI Which explains why it works with only this driver and not the AppleįTDI driver. System/Library/Extensions/FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext/Contents/istĬonfirms that there is a match for my 1057/2873 USB device: Dolphin USB to Serial Adaptor
#Download prolific usb to serial driver for mac install#
Run the FTDIUSBSerialDriver_10_4_10_5_10_6_10_7 installer in theĭMG file by holding down Control, clicking on the Installer icon,Ĭhoose to install it to the "Macintosh HD", and enter credentials toĬheck it has installed and loaded the driver: ls -ld `/System/Library/Extensions/FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext`Ĭheck that the USB Serial device appears as expected: ls /dev/cu.usbserial* /dev/tty.usbserial*Īfter that the USB/serial device should be usable again. Open the FTDIUSBSerialDriver_v2_2_18.dmg disk image Manner to this - including disabling the Apple driver on OS X 10.9)
#Download prolific usb to serial driver for mac how to#
Reboot the computer, to ensure the AppleUSBFTDI.kext is not runningĭownload the Virtual Comm Port driver fromĢ.2.18, released for OS X 10.3 through OS X 10.9 theirĭo describe how to install it on OS X 10.8 and 10.9, in a similar Sudo mv AppleUSBFTDI.kext AppleUSBFTDI.disabled Instructions to disable the Apple driver and install the FTDIĭisable the AppleUSBFTDI.kext extension: cd /System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns I realised the FTDI chipset is different from the Prolific 2303Īnd thus it was never going to work see below) I ended following the Arduino ( /System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/Plugins/AppleUSBFTDI.kext).īut it didn't work with my device, AFAICT because the ProductId/VendorIdĬombination was not matched (not listed in "ist" in theĬontents of the Apple IOUSBFamily Plugin).Īfter a diversion trying an Open Source Prolific 2303 driver (before Like many of these USB/serial devices, it has a FTDIĪs part of the IOUSBFamily.kext kernel extension (2873) - which turns out to be important in getting a driver to My USB/serial device is ProductId=0x0421 (1057), VendorId=0x0b39 Internals - probably from around 2007) still needs a driver like it did in OS The XH6381, with similar external look but possibly different (link is to current model, XH8290 mine is an older pre-2009 model, It turns out that my Dick Smith Electronics USB/Serial
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