<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>I have it working on OSX Mountain Lion 10.8.2 64 bit. </div><div>You need to install the right driver for your USB to serial </div><div>cable. Since I have no way of knowing what the USB</div><div>to serial chip inside your cable is you'll have to do some </div><div>experimentation.</div><div><br></div><div>If your cable is based on the Prolific PL2303 chis this driver should work</div><div>because it is what I used.</div><div><a href="http://changux.co/osx-installer-to-pl2303-serial-usb-on-osx-lio">http://changux.co/osx-installer-to-pl2303-serial-usb-on-osx-lio</a></div><div><br></div><div>Scroll down through the install illustration until you come to this dialog</div><div><br></div><div><strong style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.5px; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239); "><a href="http://getfile3.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/changux/MiNKdVYtnY3Ypl8IpkqAJRZvpjJTkVpoabno238DlwYtss78VZn6hQiZQEk2/PL2303_Serial-USB_on_OSX_Lion.pkg" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); ">PL2303 Serial-USB on OSX Lion.pkg</a></strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.5px; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239); "> </span><span class="downloadSize" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; font-size: 10px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24.5px; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239); ">(55 KB)</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.5px; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239); "> </span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24.5px; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239); "><br></span></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Click to download and then install like you would any other Mac pkg file. </span></font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 24px;">As you scroll down through the instructions to get to the pkg download</span></font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 24px;">read them because that will appear on your screen as the driver installs.</span></font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Now, this is for most PL2303 chipped cables. But i cannot guarantee it will work</span></font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 24px;">with your as some counterfeit chips exist and they will only work with a certain</span></font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 24px;">driver. Once the driver installs, you should then have a PL2303 selection in</span></font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 24px;">the port besides the stander devices. </span></font></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div>
<div><b style="color: rgb(0, 86, 214); "><i><font style="font-size: 14px; ">Sent from my 15.4" MacBook Pro, i7 quad core</font></i> </b></div>
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<br><div><div>On Mar 1, 2013, at 11:07 PM, Stuart Smith <<a href="mailto:kk4oip@gmail.com">kk4oip@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">I've installed Chirp (chirp-daily-20130301) on my iMac OX10 (Lion 10.7.5), but I cannot get it to read from my radio.
<div><br>When selecting "Radio" > "Download from Radio", my two port options are </div><div><br></div><div>/dev/cu.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync</div><div>/dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem</div><div><br></div><div>Since I'm not using Bluetooth, I'm at a loss for what to do. Any help would be appreciated.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Radio is a Baofeng UV-5RA</div><div><br></div>
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