Thread: RS232 serial port interfacing on Mac OS X

Hi,

Thanks for your advice... But I don't think there's any "driver"... Unless I've been mistaken...

I intend to use a Serial to USB cable to connect the device, which I believe doesn't actually have any drivers (again, if I haven't been mistaken).

Could you please advise?

Thanks in advanced

EDIT: I had a look at that website provided (I haven't tested it on my mac -- will do tomorrow)... But their approach looks somewhat "complicated".

I'm basically looking for something like the equivalent to the approach on this website: http://electrosofts.com/serial/ which communicates through the port using something like

Code:

#include <bios.h>
#include <conio.h>
#define COM1       0
#define DATA_READY 0x100
#define SETTINGS ( 0x80 | 0x02 | 0x00 | 0x00)
int main(void)
{
   int in, out, status;
   bioscom(0, SETTINGS, COM1); /*initialize the port*/
   cprintf("Data sent to you:  ");
   while (1)
   {
      status = bioscom(3, 0, COM1); /*wait until get a data*/
      if (status & DATA_READY)
           if ((out = bioscom(2, 0, COM1) & 0x7F) != 0)  /*input a data*/
              putch(out);
           if (kbhit())
           {
              if ((in = getch()) == 27)   /* ASCII of Esc*/
                 break;
              bioscom(1, in, COM1);   /*output a data*/
           }
   }
   return 0;
}

Would anyone know a similar approach I could take using my Mac OS X?

Thanks again

mac osx serial howto - Google Search
I don't know what search terms you used to get that ancient DOS/BIOS code for a PC, but you really need to work on your search terms if that's the best you could find.