Yep Barry, that's the driver you would have found at my link :-) Glad it is now sorted for you.
Cheers, Ronni who must get back to her work... On 30/08/2012, at 2:40 PM, Barry Sexstone <bjsexst...@netspace.net.au> wrote: > Thanks Ronni > > The driver suggested which worked was Mac_OSX_VCP_Driver v2.9 also from > Silicon Labs. > Very many thanks for your help. > > Regards > > Barry > > On 30/08/2012, at 2:34 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > >> Try going to Silicon Labs and downloading the CP210x USB to UART Bridge VCP >> Driver. Then look for that when you launch WeatherLink. >> >> http://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/Page ... ivers.aspx >> >> Once you get WeatherLink up and running, you might, that you are not >> enamoured with the product. Most Mac users have switched to other Mac >> weather applications, such as WeatherSnoop >> <http://www.weathersnoop.com/home/> or WeatherCat <http://trixology.com> >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> On 30/08/2012, at 1:45 PM, Barry Sexstone <bjsexst...@netspace.net.au> wrote: >> >>> Hi Ronni >>> >>> The program is Weather Link for Mac. >>> Unfortunately in the dropbox for communication setup there is only >>> "Bluetooth-PDA-sync", it is the SLAB_USBtoUART I need but don't know how >>> to get/set it to show. >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Barry >>> >>> >>> On 30/08/2012, at 1:20 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Barry, >>>> >>>> What is the Program? >>>> Is this the 'Weather Display for Mac'? If so it should have something >>>> similar to this: >>>> In WeatherDisplay / control Panel / COM Port There's a USB to Serial name >>>> box set to /dev/tty.SLAB_USBtoUART. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Ronni >>>> >>>> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" >>>> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD >>>> >>>> OS X 10.7.4 Lion >>>> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) >>>> >>>> On 30/08/2012, at 12:58 PM, Barry Sexstone <bjsexst...@netspace.net.au> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> G'Day All >>>>> >>>>> I am investigating a program which collects and displays weather data >>>>> from a weather station. The supplier says that the connection needs to >>>>> be through a "UART" USB Port and not a "Bluetooth"port as he seems to >>>>> think mine are. He says that in the "other" operating system it is >>>>> possible to change a port using the control panel but he has no idea >>>>> about doing this with a Mac. >>>>> Does anyone have any ideas how I can change the properties of a USB port >>>>> or am I stuck with the Bluetooth system? >>>>> I can run the connection on an earlier Mac running 10.5 but not on this >>>>> one running 10.7 >>>>> Is this something lost with Lion as was the Rosetta capability? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for any advice. >>>>> >>>>> Barry -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
