FTDI driver for MacOS works fine with K3 Utility and KX3 Utility on MacOS.

http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm

73 de JH3SIF, Keith

> 2018/05/07 5:27、Phil Hystad <phys...@mac.com>のメール:
> 
> Brandy,
> 
> Actually, I wasn’t planning to do anything with the Serial app and comms to 
> the K3.  My questions stem from the fact that I have used Serial with a 
> number of other devices (mostly Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and PIC boards)  so I 
> thought: try it out with the K3.  My failure to get a response is what 
> prompted my question.
> 
> Not sure I will find anything amiss from your suggestions (already having 
> done one or two of those types of checks) but I will try again.  Now, it is a 
> mere curiosity thing — this should work.  I have successfully communicated 
> with Elecraft serial equipment using my own serial-comms programs I have 
> written (C and Python).  Ordinarily of course, I use only the Elecraft 
> utilities to do anything useful.
> 
> 73, phil, K7PEH
> 
> 
>> On May 6, 2018, at 12:44 PM, Bayard Coolidge, N1HO <n...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I am not sure what you're planning to do with "Serial" but when I'm using my 
>> K3/KIO3B with
>> WSJT-X, I have the program configured for CAT Control on 
>> /dev/cu.usbserial-A5xxxxx at a
>> Baud rate of 38400, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, Handshake set to 'None', and 
>> PTT Method of RTS
>> (set to the same /dev/cu.usbserial device), Mode Data/Pkt, Split 'Rig', and 
>> a 1 second Poll Interval.
>> CONFIG:KIO3B is set to 'nor'.
>> 
>> Permissions for the port device file are set to 666 and owner/group is 
>> root/wheel.
>> 
>> You might also want to double-check About My Mac -> System Report -> 
>> Hardware -> USB
>> to see if the K3 is showing up - mine is a 'General Purpose USB Hub' with a 
>> TI vendor ID
>> which has a USB Audio Codec (Burr-Brown) and an FT232R USB UART whose serial 
>> number
>> matches the device special file that WSJT-X is talking to.
>> 
>> Also, go to System Preferences -> Network and make sure that that port is 
>> not configured.
>> (It most likely is not, but Murphy does very strange things at times!)
>> 
>> It wouldn't surprise me if Serial might have a permission problem/setting 
>> that's fouling you up,
>> but that's just a SWAG on my part. I'm running Lady Heather through another 
>> USB line to my
>> GPSDO without any fiddling on the macOS side, but you never know.
>> 
>> HTH and 73,
>> 
>> Brandy, N1HO
>> Mid-2017 5k 27" iMac, early-2015 13" Retina MBPro
>> 
>> On Sunday, May 6, 2018, 2:48:28 PM EDT, Phil Hystad <phys...@mac.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> One of the very popular serial communications programs available in the 
>> Apple Mac store is an application called “Serial”.  What makes this app nice 
>> to use is that it includes built-in driver interfaces for just about any 
>> USB-Serial or serial interface you could put on a Mac computer.
>> 
>> I decided to connect to my K3 using Serial.  But, I am having trouble 
>> getting the K3 to respond.  I know I have the right comm port and I know 
>> that the K3 can communicate over this comm port.  
>> 
>> Has anyone used Serial (the app from company Decisive Tactics, Inc.) to 
>> communicate with a K3 or any other Elecraft equipment?
>> 
>> 73, phil, K7PEH
>> 
> 
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