- #COOLTERM NOTHING SHOWS UP SERIAL#
- #COOLTERM NOTHING SHOWS UP DRIVER#
- #COOLTERM NOTHING SHOWS UP PASSWORD#
If these instructions don’t work, please email with your Amazon order ID for further support. If your adapter does not match this entry, our instructions unfortunately will not be relevant for your adapter. If you are not seeing the expected output from these commands, please verify that your adapter matches the 3rd photo in our post, showing the entry in system profile:
#COOLTERM NOTHING SHOWS UP DRIVER#
If the Prolific Driver installer works without an error, then the commands below should return values similar to those listed above when run with the adapter connected:
#COOLTERM NOTHING SHOWS UP SERIAL#
Another common reason for the symptoms you describe would be trying to add the USB Serial Device to network connections when the cable isn’t connected to the system. One reason our instructions would not work is if you have purchased an FTDI chipset based USB Serial Device. Hi Jordan (and any others who might be reading this). If you have any trouble, just visit /products/pl2303-db9/support to see existing FAQs for Plugable’s USB Serial adapter. USB Serial on the Mac is a real melding of the very new and very old. Once that is up and connected (and if the serial ports are set to the same baud rate and paramters), you can type on either side and see the characters come across. If you have a null modem cable and a terminal program on the other side, the Mac actually has a built-in terminal program called “screen” that you can use to test the connection. On Mac, the file which maps to the port is /dev/cu.usbserial. Now finally, you need an application which will talk to the serial port. And this won’t change the “Not Configured” message – that’s still ok.
Because it’s a serial port, it’ll say “Not Configured” and that’s normal:įrom the “Advanced” button you can change default settings (usually not needed). This will create a “Network” interface for a modem or serial port. Now click on the ‘+’ sign on the bottom left, and then on the ‘Select the interface and enter a name for the new Service’ click on ‘Interface’ – you should be seeing the ‘USB-Serial Controller D’ there. Your results should be very close to this: On the Mac there are two methods to determine this: Installing should start (takes a couple of minutes to complete)Īfter you restart, check that everything has installed OK. This is normal, click ‘Continue Installation‘. You’ll get a warning about restarting the computer after the installation is complete.
#COOLTERM NOTHING SHOWS UP PASSWORD#
You may be asked of your username and password – enter them and click ‘OK’ Then ‘Select a Destination’ click on your desired drive and click ‘Continue’ to move forward Once the installer comes up click ‘Continue’ to proceed. Now double click on the PL2303_1.4.0 to start the installation Now double click on the PL2303_1.4.0.dmg to mount the image Time to get the driver! Fire up Safari and browse to and scroll down to Mac.Ĭlick on the ‘PL2303 MacOSX10.6 dmg v.1.4.0.zip’, the Safari Downloads window should come up: If all is well you should be seeing something like this: Once connected click on the Apple icon and on ‘About This Mac’Ĭlick on ‘USB’ on the left and on the ‘USB-Serial Controller D’
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