Re: Open driver?
On Sunday, July 6, 2003, at 03:27 AM, Christoph Pastl wrote: How can I connect to my virtual serial port? From the TD on open file: You can use the open file command to open a serial port on Mac OS or Windows systems. On Mac OS systems, specify either printer: or modem:. On Windows systems, specify either COM1:, COM2:, or up to COM9:. Set the serialControlString property before opening the port to specify the baud rate and other settings. From the TD on printer:: To use the modem port on Mac OS systems, use the modem: keyword. (Revolution does not support additional serial ports.) To use serial ports on Windows systems, use the COM1: through COM9: keywords. From the TD on open driver: Changes to Transcript: Support for using serial drivers with OS X systems was added in version 2.0. I think this says that you can't open your serial port on Mac OS 9, though I think you have a chance if you can convince it to look like the printer port. Dar Scott ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Open driver?
Hello! I´m using RR 2.0 on a PowerMac G4/400 with Mac OS 9.1. I want to develop a program which connects to a USB interface (an evaluation board). This USB board looks like a serial port for the Mac. But: I don´t know how to connect to this hardware with RR. The open driver command does not work. I used many different names for the drivername, but no success. (I took the drivername which appears in the Apple System Profiler too.) The reason I know that my USB board is visible for the MacOS is, that I can request its name using AppleScript. (With the SerialPort osax) I can also send data to my module using this osax. How can I connect to my virtual serial port? Chris ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Open driver?
On Sunday, July 6, 2003, at 03:27 AM, Christoph Pastl wrote: The open driver command does not work. I used many different names for the drivername, but no success. (I took the drivername which appears in the Apple System Profiler too.) I have been tinkering with a Keyspan usb-to-serial adaptor, today. I have not been able to open this with Mac OS 9 and Revolution 2.0.1. I have heard tales of others who have not been able to open usb-to-serial on Mac OS 9 and after a while have given up. I have also experimented with 'open file' but it is hard to tell success, because I always get empty for the result. I expect I will find that I have created all kinds of files. I think some people have opened modem and printer (or is it modem: and printer:?). If you can somehow force a name change, maybe that will work. The reason I know that my USB board is visible for the MacOS is, that I can request its name using AppleScript. (With the SerialPort osax) I can also send data to my module using this osax. I'm not very AppleScript savvy. How can I get this name? Can I use 'do ... as AppleScript'? I am curious about this evaluation board. Dar Scott ** Dar Scott Consulting Programming Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Open driver?
Hi Chris, It depends whether your USB interface mimics a printer port. If it does (like port 1 on Keyspan or similar adapters), then you can connect perfectly. If it uses another name, then I don't know whether you can do it at all in Transcript - you may have to stick to AppleScript. For testing purposes, you might like to try my Serial test stack which is available on my web site. Cheers, Sarah [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.troz.net/Rev/ On Monday, July 7, 2003, at 07:38 am, Christoph Pastl wrote: Hello! I´m using RR 2.0 on a PowerMac G4/400 with Mac OS 9.1. I want to develop a program which connects to a USB interface (an evaluation board). This USB board looks like a serial port for the Mac. But: I don´t know how to connect to this hardware with RR. The open driver command does not work. I used many different names for the drivername, but no success. (I took the drivername which appears in the Apple System Profiler too.) The reason I know that my USB board is visible for the MacOS is, that I can request its name using AppleScript. (With the SerialPort osax) I can also send data to my module using this osax. How can I connect to my virtual serial port? Chris ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Open driver?
On Sunday, July 6, 2003, at 04:25 PM, Sarah wrote: It depends whether your USB interface mimics a printer port. If it does (like port 1 on Keyspan or similar adapters), then you can connect perfectly. This might not be the case on my Keyspan single port high speed adaptor, USA-19QW, or else I have something blocking it. If I try this: open file printer: for binary read I get empty in the result. (And zero in the sysError.) (I open for read to avoid creating files and to get a good result. I think.) But the RTS and DSR lines don't light up on my little gadget as they do when the Keyspan is really opened. Moreover, I get empty in the result even when the Keyspan is not plugged in. I don't have a printer: serial port on my Blue White G3 with Mac OS 9.2 unless there is some virtual dummy set up by the OS. Dar Scott ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Open driver?
On Sunday, July 6, 2003, at 09:24 PM, Dar Scott wrote: It depends whether your USB interface mimics a printer port. If it does (like port 1 on Keyspan or similar adapters), then you can connect perfectly. This might not be the case on my Keyspan single port high speed adaptor, USA-19QW, or else I have something blocking it. I learned a little more for my case. Due to a mental block on my part I didn't see the checkbox to have the Keyspan adaptor emulate the printer port in Keyspan Serial Assistant control panel. (BTW, for you Windows PC folks, there are two classical serial ports on the Mac and one is named printer; this is not related to the parallel port on Windows PCs.) I set that up and now an open for printer: takes a whole second to fail (syserror=-98). So, on my Blue White Mac OS 9.2 with no printer port that I know of: Keyspan not plugged in-- open file printer: indicates success Keyspan plugged in-- open file printer: indicates success but it does not open Keyspan Keyspan in set as printer-- open file printer: indicates error after 1 s Dar Scott ** Dar Scott Consulting Programming Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
open driver doesn´t work...
Hi there! I´m developing on a G4/400 with OS 9.0.4 and RR 2.0 and I want to connect to a USB-to-Parallel module using the open driver command. As for the driver name, I use the name of the driver in the extensions folder. But when I want to connect to the driver, I get the can´t open that file message. I also tried to use the drivername, which appears in the AppleSystemProfiler; but it doesn´t work as well. Because I can connect to the module using AppleScript and the Serial Port OSAX, I know that the module is recognized by the system. Does anybody know how to connect to my USB interface? Regards, Chris ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Can´t open driver
I´m interested in developing applications on Mac OS 9 which can connect to a USB driver. So tried to open a driver called USB Serial Driver using the following code: open driver USB Serial Driver for binary update But the program says that it can´t open that file. What´s wrong? The Driver is successfully installed in the extensions folder. Regards, Chris ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Can´t open driver
I´m interested in developing applications on Mac OS 9 which can connect to a USB driver. So tried to open a driver called USB Serial Driver using the following code: open driver USB Serial Driver for binary update But the program says that it can´t open that file. What´s wrong? The Driver is successfully installed in the extensions folder. Regards, Chris ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Open driver?
Hi, Open Driver - can't open file Well did you advance in solving your question? I am also stopped with the same problem on a i-mac wanting to access a FTDI-device throught one of the USB port. Thanks for your help Jean-Jacques Wagner Has anyone had any success with the open driver command on a Mac (OS 9.2)? I want to read data from the USB port and it certainly looks like the open driver command is what I want. However, what are the drivers? Where are they? The docs make it sound like I can just call them by name (i.e. no mucking about with paths) but none of the files in my Extensions folder will open, even those that have driver in their names. Any file I name in the open driver command returns the Can't open that file message. Specifically I would like to read data from my Griffin iMic USB adaptor. It doesn't come with any drivers, but uses the built in Audio Manager and the Sound control panel. I assume that the Audio manager is a driver and that I should be able to read from it with the driver commands. That doesn't seem to be the case. I have fiddled a bit with OS X because the docs say that On OS X and Unix systems, you can obtain a list of available devices by reading the file /dev/tty. but I can't find such a file, or even a dev/ directory. Any additional info would be helpful because I feel a bit lost. ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Open driver?
On Sunday, April 28, 2002, at 11:46 PM, Michael J. Lew wrote: Actually, I would like to use the iMic as a analog to digital converter. I need to read the data values rather than record the audio. You could try writing out the file with the record command and then reading in the file. Don't use any compression. This will require reading up on QuickTime, I think. (Or maybe you can figure out the format just by looking.) Audio input normally does not have any 0 Hz (DC) response. This is fine if you are looking at Morse code tones or maybe engine noise, but crumby if you are looking at power supply voltages or strain gauge amplifiers from scales. In other words, normally audio only measures AC. However, I don't know the particulars of iMic. Dar Scott ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Open driver?
Which suit of XCMDs? michael David Vaughan of [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote the following on 4/28/02 11:14 PM I can run HyperCard in the Classic environment under OS X and communicate through the USB using a suite of XCMDs, but nothing directly in OS X yet. ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Open driver?
On Tuesday, April 30, 2002, at 11:03 , Michael D Mays wrote: Which suite of XCMDs? Harold Chesley's Serial Port Toolkit V2.6, comprising about fifteen separate XCMDs and XFCNs and dated 19 Feb 1990. Kevin Calhoun (XFCN SerialHandler from the Dartmouth collection) and Danny Goodman (XCMD Comm) both do it in one handler (Harry even has a separate XFCN to return the version number) but I had some problems with each of them - doing nothing or crashing. Probably something wrong with my versions because there is nothing wrong with the people behind them. The Chesley kit is quite easy to use and seems to cover everything. I am doing receive only. regards David michael David Vaughan of [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote the following on 4/28/02 11:14 PM I can run HyperCard in the Classic environment under OS X and communicate through the USB using a suite of XCMDs, but nothing directly in OS X yet. ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Open driver?
On Sunday, April 28, 2002, at 07:02 PM, Michael J. Lew wrote: Specifically I would like to read data from my Griffin iMic USB adaptor. You don't want to open the USB driver. (Well, somebody might want to, but that is unlikely.) That is a lower level driver. Normally, you would open a higher level driver that does what you want. However, in this case, you probably just want the Revolution record command. Dar Scott ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Open driver?
Stephen Further to my last response, my understanding consistent with my experience is that an app does not need to be carbonised to run under Classic. Carbonisation allows them to run either under OS X or 9.x as you please, but does not present the interface features or additional OS functions of a Cocoa app. Cocoa is OS X only. Some other apps I commonly use include Nisus, ithink, Data Desk and Analytica. As far as I know, none of these is carbonised. In fact, I can even run Resolve which was last updated in 1992. I very much doubt that Claris (or Informix who even earlier built the WingZ engine on which it was based) were thinking about Carbon then. You may receive a more comprehensive and precise definition from a developer on the list. regards David On Monday, April 29, 2002, at 02:29 , Stephen Barncard wrote: Did you say you could run Hypercard in Classic? I thought it wouldn't run at all because it wasn't carbonized! I can run HyperCard in the Classic environment under OS X and communicate through the USB using a suite of XCMDs, but nothing directly in OS X yet. regards David ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Open driver?
Classic will run nearly all old apps - they don't have to be carbonized. If you want to run an app in OS X itself, taking advantage of the better memory management multi-tasking, the app needs to be either carbonized or written natively in Cocoa or Java. Sarah On Monday, April 29, 2002, at 02:32 pm, Stephen Barncard wrote: Did you say you could run Hypercard in Classic? I thought it wouldn't run at all because it wasn't carbonized! I can run HyperCard in the Classic environment under OS X and communicate through the USB using a suite of XCMDs, but nothing directly in OS X yet. regards David ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: Open driver?
At 11:45 PM -0400 28/4/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Specifically I would like to read data from my Griffin iMic USB adaptor. You don't want to open the USB driver. (Well, somebody might want to, but that is unlikely.) That is a lower level driver. Normally, you would open a higher level driver that does what you want. However, in this case, you probably just want the Revolution record command. Dar Scott Actually, I would like to use the iMic as a analog to digital converter. I need to read the data values rather than record the audio. From the sound of the other replies to my question, it sounds like this is not going to be possible. So what is the open driver command for? What would be an example of a driver that it can open? -- Michael J. Lew Senior Lecturer Department of Pharmacology The University of Melbourne Parkville 3010 Victoria Australia Phone +613 8344 8304 ** New email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** ___ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
