Hi James, have youchecked the permissions on /dev/ttyUSB0? You may not have write permissions on the device. I have a couple of usb to serial addapters, and they work just fine, although they don't use the standard serial device addresses and interrupts, which is whay speakup won't work with usb serial devices. Hope this helps. Gene Collins > From what I was told by the company that makes the USB to serial >adaptor, I don't need a driver for the os I am running mac os x 10.5.7 >the person I had talked from the company had me go to my apple menu >and there was a listing under USB that said something like USB-serial >the person I talked to said that the adaptor cable is alright. > >Sent from my iPhone > >On Aug 12, 2009, at 11:31 AM, Cheryl Homiak <chomiak at charter.net> wrote: > >> First of all, if you are running Macosx as you said you were on the >> brltty list, you need a driver for the serial-usb cable. >> >> Second, the ports on the Mac are not named the same as in linux. >> Usually it would be /dev/cu. with something after the period; for my >> prolific cable it's /dev/cu.usbserial but for my keyspan I've had >> different designations like /dev/cu.USa19H1d1P1.1 Once you have he >> driver installed an dhave the cable and device plugged in, you can run >> >> ls /dev/cu.* and see what your choices are. > >That would be > >ls /dev/cu then a period and then an asterix *? >> >> If you are not running Macosx but have put some other unix system on >> your Mac, see the documentation for that system. >> >> >> -- >> Cheryl >> "Let the words of my mouth, >> and the meditation of my heart, >> be acceptable in thy sight, >> O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer." >> (Psalm 19:14 Bible KJV) >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
