[chirp_devel] VX-7R w/USB-Serial Adapter - Locking Up MacOSX

[Jay Moran]

Thanks for the reply Dan. I might see if I can find an updated MacOSX driver
just to make sure that that fixes it. Will reply back if I do. Looking
forward to the USB adapter from KAWAMALL and see how that works, think that
will be the real answer.

Jay

On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 7:02 PM, Dan Smith <dsmith at danplanet.com> wrote:

> > However, for my Yaesu VX-7R, I'm not able to Upload. I was able to
> > Download what I had in their before though. Whenever I try and upload
> > anything to the VX-7R, the progress bar makes it to about between the
> > "i" and "n" in the word "Cloning" above the progress bar every time...
> > and then. KABOOM! Keyboard and Mouse input stops working on the Mac.
> > Cannot even do a Force Kill keystroke (CMD-OPT-ESC). The power button
> > does still work and brings up the Reboot/Shutdown/Cancel dialog box...
> > but with no keyboard/mouse, can't really click on it. I have to hold
> > down the power down till the machine forces turn off.
>
> Yikes! That'd be a driver issue for the serial adapter. Nothing in
> userspace should be able to do that to your machine. Prolific had lots
> of trouble with their ported-from-XP driver on Vista for about a year
> after its release. Similar behavior would occur, requiring a total
> reboot to unstick the system. It was so bad that they posted something
> on their driver page that stated they didn't support vista at all. They
> seem to have resolved their issues now, however. Maybe there's an
> updated driver out there?
>
> > I have Best Buy brand (Dynex I think?) USB-Serial convertor for my 9-pin
> > serial Yaesu cable. I've ordered a USB Yaesu cable from WAMA (or
> > whatever that eBay site is), but won't be here for a few days. Here are
> > the pertinent data, I think.
>
> It will use a prolific chip, which appears to be what's in your Dynex.
> That means you'll likely have similar issues unless you find and install
> an updated driver.
>
> FWIW, KeySpan seems to be best choice for MacOS users, but they're spendy.
>
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