<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Just further to my last email.<div><br></div><div>I plugged the IC-7200 in and tried Download from Radio and immediately got a download. I have another driver for that radio installed however, from this information:</div><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><h4 style="font-family: Times; "><font face="Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Swiss, SunSans-Regular">Where can I get a Mac driver for my ICOM IC-7200, IC-7600, IC-9100, Kenwood TS-590S, Elecraft KX3 or Ten-Tec Eagle USB direct connect ?</font></h4><p style="font-family: Times; "><font face="Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Swiss, SunSans-Regular">The USB/UART Bridge chip inside the Icom and Kenwood radios is a <strong>Silicon Labs USB to UART Bridge Controller</strong> and the Mac drivers are available <a href="http://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/pages/usbtouartbridgevcpdrivers.aspx">here</a>.</font></p></blockquote><div><p style="font-family: Times; "><font face="Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Swiss, SunSans-Regular">On this page: </font><a href="http://www.dogparksoftware.com/mldxfc_faq.html#connection">http://www.dogparksoftware.com/mldxfc_faq.html#connection</a></p><div><br></div><div>That driver doesn't show up in Network Prefs either but it works ;)</div></div><div><br></div><div>###</div><div><br></div><div>So spurred on I found this page: <a href="http://www.planet-rcs.de/article/mac_serial_port/">http://www.planet-rcs.de/article/mac_serial_port/</a></div><div><br></div><div>The key text is:</div><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; ">After the installation has finished, you do not need to immediately reboot. Before rebooting your Mac you should plug in your USB-to-Serial Adaptor and open the Apple System Profiler (Apple-Menu > About this Mac > More Information). In the USB section note the Product-ID and Vendor-ID of your USB-to-Serial Adaptor. <br><br><a href="http://images.planet-rcs.de/article/m/mac_serial_port/system_profiler_1.jpg" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153); "><img src="http://images.planet-rcs.de/article/m/mac_serial_port/_system_profiler_1.jpg" style="border: 0px; "></a><br><br>Now open a terminal (Applications > Utilities > Terminal), go to<em>/System/Library/Extensions/ProlificUsbSerial.kext/Contents</em> and open the file <em>Info.plist</em>(plist = Property List) in your favourite editor (e.g. vi). Now scroll down to the section starting with <em><key>067B_2303</key></em> (it may differ a bit, important is the part "2303"). In this section locate the entries <em>idProduct</em> and <em>idVendor</em> and fill in the values gathered from the System Profiler a few minutes earlier. It should then look something like this:<br></div><pre style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 12px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 12px; color: green; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: green; line-height: 18px; "><key>067B_2303</key>
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<key>idProduct</key>
<integer>8963</integer>
<key>idVendor</key>
<integer>1659</integer>
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