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Device using PL-2303H/X Release Note, PL2303 Mac OS 8/9 driver v1.3.6 build 1, Prolific Edition Requirement. USB host controller. Device using PL. PL2303 USB to Serial Driver for Mac OS X Prolific Driver PL2303v0.3.1 Mac OSX / Lion Drivers Tools MAC Drivers and Links Jim KC9HI Build your own Programming Cable Here's a project to convert your current cable to one using a Silicon Labs CP2012 UART chip. PL2303 USB to Serial Driver for Mac OS X. Contribute to bjarnoldus/mac-osx-pl2303 development by creating an account on GitHub. PL-2303 USB to Serial Bridge (H, HX, X) Installshield driver setup program v2.0.0.19 for Win98SE/ME, v2.0.2.1 for Win2k/XP/2003 (XP Logo Certified). Used for Mobile Phone, GPS, Modem, IrDA USB Serial Cable PL2303ProlificDriverInstaller10311.zip. PL-2303 (Chip Rev H, HX, X) USB to Serial Adapter. Windows Driver Installer Manual. For Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7 Operating Systems Driver Installer v1.4.17 Release.

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Not all functionality is supported on all radios. See Model Support

As of MacOS 10.9, signed packages are required by default. Apple charges for this capability, and requires use of their tooling to do it. For the time being, MacOS users may need to disable signed package checking for CHIRP. Instructions provided by Jim, K2SON:

  1. Locate the app in Finder.
  2. Right click (control-click if you don't have a 2 button mouse) on the app and click Open.
  3. You will get a dialog box about it being an unsigned app, click the Open button.
  4. Enter an Administrator userid and password.
  5. The app will now be flagged to allow it to be opened normally in the future.

Alternately, you can disable them for your entire system, although this has security implications that should not be ignored. Instructions for this provided by Tom, KD7LXL:

  1. Open your System Preferences
  2. Go to Security & Privacy, General tab.
  3. Click the lock
  4. Then choose Allow apps downloaded from: Anywhere.

As of 10.12 (Sierra) the UI for disabling app security was removed. The functionality is still there, but must be enabled from the command line.

To whitelist a single application (like an unzipped chirp-daily.app):
  1. unzip chirp.zip
  2. control click on the unzipped application and select New Terminal at Folder. (Don't see that menu item? Instructions to enable it)
  3. run this command in the newly opened terminal window:

Alternately, you can disable them for your entire system, although this has security implications that should not be ignored. Run this command in a terminal:

references: single commandglobal

Unfortunately, Apple has made significant changes in 10.15 which cause major issues for independent software developers. CHIRP is significantly impacted and the future is unclear.

At the very least, Catalina users should use the 'unified' build of the app provided on the download page, which uses the system's 64-bit python runtime. Also note that there are significant limitations on what files unsigned applications can access which makes it very difficult to open, save, find, and otherwise organize image and CSV files with chirp. Please see issue #7147 for the current information about workarounds.

USB to serial cables are not merely wire, they contain small computer circuits at one end of the cable that respond as a USB device and convert the data to serial. These cables are not all the same, so the computer needs a software 'driver' so it can recognize the cable and speak to it correctly. You will need to install one of these 5 below.

FTDI cables¶

Note that with Mac OSX 10.9 'Mavericks', Apple provides their own driver for FTDI chipset. You may need to remove the OEM FTDI driver and use only the Apple FTDI driver, or you may need to disable the Apple FTDI driver and install the OEM FTDI drivers. YMMV.

http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm
Version 1.5.1 is available for Mac OS X on 64 bit, 32 bit and PPC machines.

Prolific PL-2303 cables - official drivers for the genuine Prolific cables¶

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FYI: your cable, if using Prolific chipset, is more likely to be using a counterfeit chip than an original.

http://www.prolific.com.tw/US/CustomerLogin.aspx
Login as guest/ guest & look in the Support section. Specified to work with Mac OSX 10.6, 10.7, & 10.8.

Generic PL-2303 cables (counterfeit and/or “Generic”) If you aren't sure what kind of inexpensive cable you have, try this one first.¶

For Lion (10.7.x), Mountain Lion (10.8.x), and Mavericks (10.9.x):¶

You can try this one, which install open source pl2303 driver and remove any other driver versions:
http://1drv.ms/Nl68Ru At this web page you may need to right-click or control-click to link to get it to download. After downloading, you may need to control-right click, then open in order to bypass Mac Gatekeeper.

For earlier versions of Mac OS X up to 10.5 Leopard. Also some reports of success with Snow Leopard, Lion:¶

RTSystems cables¶

for OSX 10.9.x (aka Mavericks):¶

see RTSystemsCablesAndMavericks

for OSX < 10.9.x:¶

https://www.rtsystemsinc.com/kb_results.asp?ID=9
http://www.rtsystems.us/downloads/MacDrivers/RTSystemUSBSerialDrivers.pkg.mpkg.zip

Silicon Labs CP210x USB to UART Bridge VCP Drivers (including Kenwood TH-D72)¶

  • http://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/Pages/USBtoUARTBridgeVCPDrivers.aspx
    Macintosh OSX driver for the Intel and PowerPC Platforms versions 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, and 10.9.

WinChipHead CH340 series chipset¶

The WinChipHead CH340 series chipset is not compatible with the Prolific 2303 drivers. This chipset will report a Product ID of 0x7523 and a Vendor ID of 0x1a86. A signed driver compatible with Yosemite is available from http://blog.sengotta.net/signed-mac-os-driver-for-winchiphead-ch340-serial-bridge/ as the driver offered on the manufacturer's website (in Chinese) is not signed and requires allowing unsigned kernel extensions, which is a significant security risk on OS X.

  • In many cases you need to connect the cable to the radio first, then power the radio on, while holding down some buttons. The exact procedure varies by radio.
  • Some radios need to be put into a 'clone' mode to transfer to PC, some radios may need to be configured to use the mic/speaker jacks for PC transfer instead of for the speaker/mic. The exact procedure varies by radio.
  • You will need to download from the radio to CHIRP first, before uploading anything to the radio. CHIRP creates a template from the radio download so it knows how to talk to the radio.
  • If you want to download from one radio and upload those settings to another radio, first download from each radio to a separate “tab” of CHIRP. Then copy/paste from one tab to the other & upload back to the same radio that produced that tab. Do not try to upload to a radio directly from a tab that was not downloaded from that same radio.
  • Many USB to serial cables include a counterfeit Prolific chip. This can cause connection problems because the official Prolific driver will ignore the counterfeit chip. Some people have reported success by using an older version of the Prolific driver, or a 3rd party driver.
  • If you are using multiple USB cables, each will create a different “virtual port”, meaning that you will need to select the correct virtual port for your radio when connecting to your radio. CHIRP will give you this opportunity each time you download from the radio.
  • If CHIRP won’t launch & won't run, you may have neglected to install the Python runtime. CHIRP needs that. Even though Mac OS X includes Python built-in, the runtime has to be installed is because it includes PyGTK and some other libraries that Chirp requires, in addition to Python itself: http://www.d-rats.com/download/OSX_Runtime/
  • If your radio is not 'Supported', you can try downloading the newest Daily Build to see if support was recently added.

You can verify that the drivers are installed & working by connecting the USB cable to your Mac, then running “System Profiler”, or “System Information” (found in /Applications/Utilities ). When the USB cable is connected and drivers correctly installed, the cable will show up in the USB section of the System Profiler.

Another way to see that the driver is correctly installed is to open Terminal and type:

It will return a list of virtual serial ports including something similar to:

You may also type:

That will return a long list of kexts, including something similar to this at the bottom (most recently installed are listed last):

Look at the CHIRP log for clues.

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Prerequisities

  • Raspberry Pi
  • SD Card with Raspberry Pi Image Installed (see below for instructions)
  • USB To Serial Cable
  • Computer (PC/Mac/Linux OK, driver installation required)

Installing Raspberry Pi OS to SD card

If you do not already have an SD card with a Raspberry Pi image on it, you will need to follow these instructions. The SD cards that come with the class materials are preloaded, so you can skip this section.

  1. Download an image, such as one from the Raspberry Pi downloads page.

  2. Copy image to card. Do NOT copy & paste, as it will not work! You must use a 'helper' application such as Win32DiskImager, PiFiller, or dd.

    1. For Windows:
      1. Insert your SD Card into your computer.
      2. Download Win32DiskImager from http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/
      3. Once the download is complete, install Win32DiskImager using the downloaded file.
      4. Start Win32DiskImager from the start menu.
      5. Click the folder icon to select the Raspberry Pi image.
      6. Click the 'Device' dropdown box to select the Raspberry Pi SD card. You can check 'My Computer' to find the correct drive letter.
      7. Click the 'Write' button and wait for the process to complete
    2. For OS X:
      1. Download PiFiller from http://ivanx.com/raspberrypi/
      2. Make sure your SD card is not inserted in your computer. If needed, eject and remove the SD card until instructed to insert it by Pi Filler.
      3. Click 'Continue'
      4. Select your downloaded Raspberry Pi Image
      5. Insert your SD card and click 'Continue'
      6. Wait for your SD card to be found and then click 'OK' when prompted.
      7. Wait for the download to complete. This might take as long as 20-25 minutes to finish.
    3. For Linux
      1. See instructions from eLinux.org

Initial Setup

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  1. Install driver:Please install the following driver (and software) as appropriate for your operating system:
  • Windows 8 : NOT SUPPORTED.
  • Windows XP/Windows 7:
  • OS X Lion (10.7+):
  • OS X (10.6 and below):
  1. Insert SD card into Raspberry Pi. The label of the card should be facing out, so you can read the words (away from the Raspberry Pi).
  2. Connect the Ethernet cable from the Raspberry Pi to the network switch.
  3. Connect the USB Serial Cable to the Raspberry Pi Port1 as follows.
    1. P01-1 is the pin closest to the Micro-USB Power connector.
    2. P01-2 is the pin adjacent to the outside of the board.
      1. GPIO P01-2 -> Red (+5V)
      2. GPIO P01-6 -> Black (0V)
      3. GPIO P01-8 -> White (RX)
      4. GPIO P01-10 -> Green (TX)
  4. Plug USB connector into your computer's USB port
  5. Connect to the Raspberry Pi over the serial port
    1. Linux: At the command line run sudo screen /dev/ttyUSB0 115200. Note: If /dev/ttyUSB0 does not work, run dmesg to check where the USB adapter was detected.
    2. OS X: As the command line, run: sudo screen /dev/cu.PL2303-000012FD 115200. The USB to Serial device will likely be detected at a different address, so try using tab completion (hit the key) after entering /dev/cu.PL2303
    3. Windows: First, determine the COM Port number. This may be displayed as a system notification when you connect the USB device.
      1. Otherwise, you will need to check Windows Device Manager. To access Device Manager, click on the Start Orb and enter “Device Manager” in the Search box. Then scroll down to Ports and note the COM port associated with the USB to Serial Adapter.
      2. Open PuTTy and enter the settings as below, using the correct COM Port you determined before.
      3. Click Open to Connect
  6. You should see a text scrolling by while the Rasperry Pi boots up. The login prompt may take several minutes to appear. If you miss the boot sequence, you may need to hit the Enter key several times for the login prompt to appear.Login with:You may change the password now if you wish to do so, by running passwd
  7. Set the hostname to something unique (some variation on your name or email works well).
    1. Run sudo nano /etc/hostnameChange “raspberrypi” to whatever you want your hostname to be.
    2. Run sudo nano /etc/hostsChange the line from: to:
  8. Determine the IP Address of your Raspberry Pi. You’ll use it later to connect over ssh or web browser. Run ip addr show eth0 and note the IP address shown to the right of the word “inet”:In this example the IP Address is 192.168.1.102

Connecting via SSH

1) At an OS X or Linux command line, run:ssh <ip address from step 9> -l pi

2) On Windows, start PuTTY and set the options as follows (replacing with raspberrypin.local or your IP address):

3) Click Open to connect

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Connecting via VNC (optional)

1) Install VNC server by running:sudo apt-get install tightvncserver

2) Start a VNC Server by running:vncserver :1 –geometry 1920x1080 –depth 24

3) Use VNC Viewer, TightVNC, Chicken of the VNC to connect to your Raspberry Pi using the IP address above and port 5900

Appendix A: Wi-Fi Setup

Requires USB Wifi dongle

1) Open a text editor by running:sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces2) Make the contents of the file as follows:3) Save and exit the file by hitting Control-X, then Yes4) Run:sudo ifdown wlan0 && sudo ifup wlan05) If all goes well, you can obtain the ip address by running:ip addr show wlan0