On 12.08.2009 at 16:37:18 james collins <james.collins75 at gmail.com> wrote: > Just tried it with TTY got the following > > -bash: /dev/ttyUSB0: Permission denied > Are you not logged in as root, or is this impossible on a Mac? > Can I type sudo before I give this command, and then when my computer > asks for my password give it and then for like 5 minutes I would have > permission to run this command? > Should work at least on a real Unix/Linux; but, again, I don't know anything about Macs. And there's one more thing you can do: Try whether the following command exists: lsusb of course with your usb2serial cable connected. Is it listed? Do you know the exact type of cable? Can you get sighted assistance for a while, to look in Mac's device manager whether this cable has been detected at all? Provided there's such a thing like a device manager on this machine. Hermann
