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05-08-2005
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Cheapo GPS device worked on my G3 ibook with tiger, but not my new G4?
The only difference that I can tell is that the G4 ibook has USB 2.0 (which the GPS mouse is listed as supporting, but even if it didn't, USB is backwards compatible.)
The device itself has a 9 pin DIN connector plugged into the DIN->USB adaptor. The issue specifically is that when plugged in, the device does not show up any device list from within KisMAC and Macstumbler. After pludding around /dev, I'm thoroughly sure the device is not operating. This is the device: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWN%3AIT&rd=1 Anyone have any experience with this sort of problem?
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i say i can't but i really mean i won't Last edited by lysol : 05-08-2005 at 01:51 PM. |
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: City of Mermaids, Denmark
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These use the Prolific PL2303 USB to Serial chip. If MacOS X doesn't have the driver for the PL2303 chip included, that might be the reason why it isn't detected. Not having played with a MacOS machine since MacOS 7 days, I'm not sure how close MacOS X is to standard *nix, but if you have access to a x86 type PC, try to boot up a linux live CD such as Knoppix which has the PL2303 driver available, and then attach the GPS mouse. It should be detected and listed by a dmesg|tail command : Code:
usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for Generic usbcore: registered new driver usbserial_generic usbcore: registered new driver usbserial drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial Driver core v2.0 drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for PL-2303 pl2303 1-1:1.0: PL-2303 converter detected usb 1-1: PL-2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0 usbcore: registered new driver pl2303 drivers/usb/serial/pl2303.c: Prolific PL2303 USB to serial adaptor driver v0.12
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i say i can't but i really mean i won't Last edited by lysol : 05-08-2005 at 01:51 PM. |
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Managing the iTards.
Join Date: Dec 2002
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I've not been able to get a PL2303 device to work with kismac. It shows in system profiler, but kismac doesn't see it. With my keyspan usb to serial adapter my garmin works great though. X.4 breaks a lot of things.
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Got it!
And I think I traced the issue. The driver found via http://tech.prolific.com.tw/visitor/v_fileBrw.asp gives the right one, just needed to be installed, and viola, it goes. Why it worked on my G3? I remembered I borrowed my friend's Garmin eTrex and his Serial->USB adaptor. My hunch is that it was the same chipset (his of course included mac drivers on CD). Thanks for the help!
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