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As I understand it, the RT Systems software *only* works with their
dongles so I would expect that they are actually looking for their
proprietary VID/PID codes. I guess this can go two ways:<br>
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- You're looking to use an RT Systems cable with a generic system
like OSX and Chirp :: reprogramming it back to a standard FDTI code
should work. I have some FTDI serial dongles here that I can get the
codes from if need be. Alternatively, you can look at all the VID/PIDs
known in the Linux kernel (I added the US Interface Navigator unit):
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lxr.linux.no/#linux+v3.1.1/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio_ids.h">http://lxr.linux.no/#linux+v3.1.1/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio_ids.h</a><br>
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- With that Python software you found, you might actually be able to
reconfigure a generic FTDI serial dongle to identify as a RT System
cable just in case you lost your RT cable but still want to use their
Windows software.<br>
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--David<br>
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Robert Terzi wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On 11/13/2011 10:33 AM, Dan Smith wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I think it's *feasible* to get your RT Systems cable working,
but it may be more trouble than you're looking for.
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I'm not a mac user, so I can't really help much. The first
quick google hit is an FTDI manual that says to change the
VID/PID in the FTDI driver on OS X, you need the Xcode dev
environment. Failing that it says to contact FTDI to get
a custom version of the driver.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ftdichip.com/Support/Documents/InstallGuides/Mac_OS_X_Installation_Guide.pdf">http://www.ftdichip.com/Support/Documents/InstallGuides/Mac_OS_X_Installation_Guide.pdf</a>
There are some interesting bits on this page:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://staton.us/electronics/python/OSX_FTDI_USB.html">http://staton.us/electronics/python/OSX_FTDI_USB.html</a>
First there's a Python module for talking to the FTDI D2xx
driver on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X,
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://pypi.python.org/pypi/ftd2xx/bzr12">http://pypi.python.org/pypi/ftd2xx/bzr12</a>
There's a python script for changing the Product ID which
could possibly be used for changing the RT System's VID/PID
back to the default FTDI VID/PID. Looks like that script only
changes the PID, though it looks straightforward to add a function
that also changes the VID.
This got me curious enough so I tried FTDI's programming utility
under MS Windows.
** FTDI's FT_PROG Utility (Windows) **
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ftdichip.com/Support/Utilities.htm">http://www.ftdichip.com/Support/Utilities.htm</a>
It looks like it should be straightforward to reprogram the FTDI
chip in the RT Systems cable on a windows box using their FT_PROG
utility. I ran it on my system, and read the EEPROM from both
my RT Systems cable and a "generic" FTDI USB cable. the changes
that I think are necessary:
1. Under "FT EEPROM -> USB Device Description", change "Custom VID/PID"
from "custom" to "FTDI Default".
2. Under "RT EEPROM -> Hardware Specific", uncheck "Load D2XX Driver".
You probably don't need to change the text device strings and can leave
the descriptions as "RT Systems", etc.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
- I did not try this. You could make your cable completely unusable
by doing this. I won't be trying it on mine because I occasionally
still use the RT Systems software.
- Changing these parameters will mean you can't use the cable with
RT System's software without changing them back.
- It does look like you can use "Save as a Template" to make a backup
of the cable.
Hope This Helps,
--Rob
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