I often have to do router configuration via a console port, so I use a Keyspan Serial Adapter to get access. Two problems then present themselves: • ZTerm is a horrible Mac OS X app. It hasn't been updated in five years or so, and isn't a Universal Binary. The developer doesn't seem in any hurry to rectify the situation. It is not worth the shareware fee in its current form.

• Minicom requires installation of Fink or MacPorts and is overly complex. Solution: Use screen, Terminal, and a little AppleScripting. First, launch Script Editor and type/paste in the following code: tell application 'Terminal' do script with command 'screen /dev/tty.KeySerial1' set number of rows of window 1 to 100 set number of columns of window 1 to 80 set background color of window 1 to 'black' set normal text color of window 1 to 'green' set custom title of window 1 to 'SerialOut' end tell Compile and save as an app from within Script Editor, and you have a double-clickable application to launch a serial Terminal session. You may want to customize this slightly -- you can change the screen colors or number of columns or rows. You may also need to customize the screen command with a different device name if you are using something other than the Keyspan Serial Adapter (do an ls tty* of the /dev/ directory to get the right name). Screen uses Control-A to take commands directed to it.

Dec 19, 2017 - Connecting to the serial console on Mac and Linux uses essentially the same process. Patches for boss gt 100 vs line. Neither operating. On MacOSX, Terminal comes installed. First you'll want to find out which serial port your board is using. My printer is not detected via USB (? Serial port) on my mac pro What did you. To understanding 'serial port' connection on mac and it seems my osx version does. Iv'e google a lot and try to install or configure various settings using terminal.

So type Control-A followed by Control- to exit your screen session. If you fail to do this and exit a Terminal session, you'll leave the screen session alive and the serial resource unavailable until you kill the screen session manually. Man screen will show you further commands to send to a screen session. If anyone can reply with a link to a tutorial on how to wrap an interactive Unix App in Cocoa, that would be the next step -- it would be nice to do this without involving Terminal. If you prefer to use Minicom, you could still use the AppleScript to wrap it into a nice launchable app -- use to find the right command line commands. No need to shell out for Keyspan's admittedly very good drivers.

Many USB-serial adapters use the same chip, Prolific Industries' PL-2303 controller. Is currently not very good; you can't send a break signal via screen in Terminal, for example. However, that works better. I use this with an unbranded PL-2303-equipped adapter bought from eBay for six of our English pounds, compared to thirty-odd for a Keyspan device, and it talks perfectly to my Cisco routers. I haven't tried talking to PDAs or GPS devices though.

You can also use C-Kermit 8.0. Unfortunately a binary is not available, we must compile it by ourselves, but it's really easy, as Mac OS X is supported. Download the source at the following address: Copy it in a folder, then, using terminal:% cd% unzip -a cku211.zip% make macosx103% sudo make install it will compile and install Kermit in the folder /usr/local/bin/kermit; the binary is called wermit. To launch it:% /usr/local/bin/kermit/wermit and here it is: C-Kermit 8.0.211, 10 Apr 2004, for Mac OS X 10.3 Copyright (C) 1985, 2004, Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York. Or HELP for help.

(/Users/wallybear/) C-Kermit> Compiling from source give also the chance to tweak compiler settings so to make a PPC, Intel or Universal binary application. Thanks for all your help, especially bboy for the cheaper cable, and wcontello for the AppleScript.

I am currently taking 2 classes that use HyperTerminal, a Cisco test prep class and a basic Telecommunications classes. I've wanted to use my MacBook Pro to use something HyperTerminal related. I have a beta of Windows 7 in Boot Camp and VMWare, and MS got rid of HyperTerminal in Vista. And of course no Mac (except for Xserves) have a serial port. --- Startup Shortcuts - Shortcuts for debugging your Mac on startup, on your iPhone [ ].