[chirp_users] I had a driver, then I lost it. (Mac OS issue)

[Aubrey Turner]

There have been a lot of replies here about rolling back the driver, but 
they all miss the point.  This is for macOS, and it appears to be an 
FTDI cable (Valley Enterprises uses FTDI in all of their cables as far 
as I know).

I haven't tried to use macOS for CHIRP in some time, but there appear to 
be some issues with the FTDI driver provided by Apple as compared to the 
official FTDI driver, at least in some of the Google searches I've 
done.  The issue showed up on an Arduino programming discussion and they 
had difficulties getting the FTDI driver installed in place of the Apple 
driver (which appears to not implement certain features).  Although it 
appears that it was mainly a permissions issue (you have to give 
permission, apparently).

Here's info on how to approve a driver:
* https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/technotes/tn2459/_index.html

Here is the link to the FTDI driver page:
* http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm

Here is the CHIRP page on working with macOS:
* https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/MacOS_Tips

Hopefully you can get it working from the above information.


On 7/26/2018 9:03 AM, Jardy Dawson via chirp_users wrote:
> I have several cables with the fake Prolific chips in them.  Once you roll back the driver for one cable, it rolls back for all of them.  When you consider how often you need to reprogram your radios (about every other month or less), taking a minute to rollback your driver if you have to is such a minor thing to me.  A lot easier and cheaper than replacing 10-15 cables.  People make WAY to much of a big deal out of something so easy to deal with.
>
> Jardy Dawson
> WA7JRD Ham Radio
>
> Sent three weeks from now through a newly discovered worm hole in the space-time continuum.
>
> On Jul 26, 2018, at 05:38, <mike-2007 at elp.rr.com> <mike-2007 at elp.rr.com> wrote:
>
> My only suggestion, get a known good OEM cable, and never worry about the driver or an update again.  But that's just me.  Others seem to enjoy the challenge, I just want it to work when I need it.
>
> Vy73 – Mike – KD5KC
> El Paso, Texas – DM61rt
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: [chirp_users] I had a driver, then I lost it. (Mac OS issue)
>
> I had installed the driver for a USB cable from Valley Enterprise for my Yaesu FT-60. Three installs and it (Mac) finally recognized the driver and cable. That was six months back.
> I acquired another cable for my Yaesu FT-29 2m radio. I must have got an OS update (High Sierra OS, version 10.13.6) that I cannot call up the drivers for either one (it should be only one driver upgrade). I haven’t even got to the part of trying to get Chirp to frustrate me!
> I know there are folks out there that have more computer smarts than I, especially when it comes to Mac. Anyone have any ideas, short of becoming a programmer?
> Thanks.
>
> Tip
> N9MVX
> Mascoutah, IL
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