NE500 USB?
Hi Chris,
Is making the NE500 pump work with a USB-to-serial adapter still on your list?
We use a lot of Startech USB-to-serial adapters, and on the Mac, they expose themselves as a /dev/cua device that you can treat like a serial device. I scanned the MWorks NE500 code just now and it looks like you'd need to write a new PortDevice, so I can understand if you are deprioritizing it.
Thanks,
Mark
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Support Staff 1 Posted by Christopher Sta... on 25 Mar, 2016 02:49 PM
Hi Mark,
Yes, it's still on my list. I had deprioritized it based on your previous comments, but I'd be happy to bump it up the list if you want. It should be a relatively small job.
Cheers,
Chris
2 Posted by mhisted on 25 Mar, 2016 05:35 PM
Yes, it's not super-high priority for us.
I am setting up some new rigs here now, so I am getting some new serial-to-Ethernet hardware. If you had a version that used USB soon I'd be happy to test it. Your call.
thanks,
Mark
Support Staff 3 Posted by Christopher Sta... on 30 Mar, 2016 03:43 PM
Hi Mark,
Starting with tonight's nightly build, the NE500 plugin will support USB-to-serial adapters. To use one, set the
address
parameter to the device path (e.g."/dev/cu.usbserial-FTH1RRH5"
, including the quotes, or give the name of a variable that contains the path string), and leave theport
parameter empty. No other changes to your experiments are required.When you have a chance, please try this out and confirm that it works for you.
Cheers,
Chris
4 Posted by mhisted on 30 Mar, 2016 03:53 PM
Excellent. I will test this out in the next few days.
thanks,
Mark
Christopher Stawarz closed this discussion on 13 May, 2016 12:39 AM.