Just got an USB to RS232 converter with PL2303 chip (UC-232A). Installed the driver from
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/d ... river.html
First tried Zterm which works great for a while then I realised I got to pay US$20 to use it beyond 30 days.
Since I was using minicom in Linux, I figured might be able to get it working in Mac.
Used darwinports to installed it :
Code:
sudo port install minicom
There was some issue in the beginning with minicom, basically it is a mixture of disastrous experimenting with a few progs and drivers. To cut the long story short, I got to this issue:
In minicom as well as Zterm; I can't explain why I get the following condition :
Code:
Welcome to minicom 2.1
OPTIONS: History Buffer, F-key Macros, Search History Buffer, I18n
Compiled on Feb 21 2007, 23:24:39.
Press CTRL-A Z for help on special keys
LOGIN INCORRECT
EFK1 LOGIN:
LOGIN INCORRECT
EFK1 LOGIN: C!??%9.TIMED OUT AFTER 60 SECONDS.
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 efk1 ttyPSC0
efk1 login:
Notice the ALL CAPS LOGIN INCORRECT EFK1 LOGIN: ? My input in small caps would turn up in display as all caps as well. only after it timeout or a 'login and logout again' would I get the correct caps display.
Issue with Debian, minicom, mac, UBS2Serial? Can't be efika since I do not get such an issue with Linux (x86) machine.
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