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From: DaveC on 25 Apr 2010 03:08 I have a USB-to-serial adapter on one of the USB ports connected to a serial port Wacom tablet. The Wacom is controlled via TabletMagic (opensource project) preference pane. The pane initiates a daemon when required (the user can enable & disable the daemon from within the pane). All was well until I tried installing a Wacom driver (there are no modern drivers for serial port tablets, but where's the fun in not experimenting?). Once I determined that the Wacom s/w didn't work I uninstalled everything I could find (a few files in Extensions and Application Support folders) that had names related to Wacom or Tablet. (There is nothing other than the pref pane associated with TabletMagic so there is no danger of getting too delete-happy...) The tablet now doesn't work as it used to -- sometimes it is not recognized by the pref pane, sometimes it is but no data transfer takes place. I plugged a loop-back adapter to the USB-serial adapter and launched QuickTerm. (QT settings: 9600, 8/1/none & no handshaking.) The resulting text on the screen is good from between 160-250 characters. Then lock-up. Or outright crash. Any suggestion as to my next step would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Dave Mac Intel Mini 1.83 GHz / 2 GB / 230 GB OS X 10.5.8 TabletMagic 2.0b17d2 Prolific-based PL2303 USB-serial adapter Source Forge PL2303 drivers 0.3.1
From: DaveC on 25 Apr 2010 03:25 I have 2 of the USB-serial adapters. Swapping the adapters doesn't change the symptoms. Thanks, Dave
From: DaveC on 25 Apr 2010 10:53 Permissions repair and PRAM reset, no joy. Dave
From: John McWilliams on 25 Apr 2010 11:28 DaveC wrote: > Permissions repair and PRAM reset, no joy. Try another USB port? Spit on the connectors? Complete backup restore? Maybe not worth it...... Anything serial port is ancient, and Wacoms aren't that expensive unless you're into the commercial sized ones. -- john mcwilliams
From: Jolly Roger on 25 Apr 2010 12:39
In article <0001HW.C7F938760004FB27B01AD9AF(a)news.eternal-september.org>, DaveC <invalid(a)invalid.net> wrote: > I have a USB-to-serial adapter My condolences. The day I threw mine into the box in the closet was a good day for me. -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR |