[K3] KIO3B and Unsigned Device Drivers in OS X 10.11

[Joel Black-2]

Not sure if this is worth the email or not (my last question about the NF of the KIO3B did nothing but raise the NF of the list, got hi-jacked, and then lost in the ether).

I was reading on the linuxham group where the developer mode for unsigned drivers in OS X 10.11 may be no more once OS X 10.11 is release (and possibly before). There is an article on the Mac Ham Radio blog and it may have been posted here and I missed it.

My question is (if it’s been answered, I apologize), will the KIO3B use signed drivers for OS X 10.11?

I don’t want to hear from Windows users to move to Windows (been there, done that, got the T-shirt). I use it in a VM for only one application and that is it.

I don’t want to hear about “not upgrading.” In this world, that’s not viable. Besides, I have four Macs to maintain at home and they will all be getting the upgrade.

If you don’t know the answer and want to hi-jack my message, please give me the courtesy of changing the subject line so I don’t spend time reading. Yeah, I’m still a little ticked about the last one.

73,
Joel - W4JBB
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[Joe Subich, W4TV-4]

On 2015-07-22 5:58 AM, Joel Black wrote:
 > My question is (if it’s been answered, I apologize), will the KIO3B
 > use signed drivers for OS X 10.11?

KIO3B uses stock drivers.  The serial port is an FTDI part with
signed drivers for all operating systems.  The Audio CODEC is
supported by the USB Audio CLASS drivers that have been built into
Windows since Windows XP and Apple OS X since the initial release
(as well as most competent LINUX distros).

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV



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[Jack Brindle-2]

Drivers for the FTDI devices have been built into OS X since at least 10.9 (might be 10.8). You won’t even need to download drivers from FTDI to make them work.
I have had no problems at all with testing of El Capitan and these devices.
The expected experience will continue to be, just plug it in and it will work.

- Jack Brindle, W6FB

> On Jul 22, 2015, at 2:58 AM, Joel Black <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Not sure if this is worth the email or not (my last question about the NF of the KIO3B did nothing but raise the NF of the list, got hi-jacked, and then lost in the ether).
>
> I was reading on the linuxham group where the developer mode for unsigned drivers in OS X 10.11 may be no more once OS X 10.11 is release (and possibly before). There is an article on the Mac Ham Radio blog and it may have been posted here and I missed it.
>
> My question is (if it’s been answered, I apologize), will the KIO3B use signed drivers for OS X 10.11?
>
> I don’t want to hear from Windows users to move to Windows (been there, done that, got the T-shirt). I use it in a VM for only one application and that is it.
>
> I don’t want to hear about “not upgrading.” In this world, that’s not viable. Besides, I have four Macs to maintain at home and they will all be getting the upgrade.
>
> If you don’t know the answer and want to hi-jack my message, please give me the courtesy of changing the subject line so I don’t spend time reading. Yeah, I’m still a little ticked about the last one.
>
> 73,
> Joel - W4JBB
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