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Reboot the computer, to ensure the AppleUSBFTDI.kext is not runningĭownload the Virtual Comm Port driver fromĢ.2.18, released for OS X 10.3 through OS X 10.9 theirĭo describe how to install it on OS X 10.8 and 10.9, in a similar Sudo mv AppleUSBFTDI.kext AppleUSBFTDI.disabled

Instructions to disable the Apple driver and install the FTDIĭisable the AppleUSBFTDI.kext extension: cd /System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns I realised the FTDI chipset is different from the Prolific 2303Īnd thus it was never going to work see below) I ended following the Arduino ( /System/Library/Extensions/IOUSBFamily.kext/Contents/Plugins/AppleUSBFTDI.kext).īut it didn't work with my device, AFAICT because the ProductId/VendorIdĬombination was not matched (not listed in 'ist' in theĬontents of the Apple IOUSBFamily Plugin).Īfter a diversion trying an Open Source Prolific 2303 driver (before Like many of these USB/serial devices, it has a FTDIĪs part of the IOUSBFamily.kext kernel extension (2873) - which turns out to be important in getting a driver to My USB/serial device is ProductId=0x0421 (1057), VendorId=0x0b39 Internals - probably from around 2007) still needs a driver like it did in OS The XH6381, with similar external look but possibly different (link is to current model, XH8290 mine is an older pre-2009 model, It turns out that my Dick Smith Electronics USB/Serial

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