MacOS High Sierra FTDI driver issue

[Bill Frantz]

I upgraded my computer to MacOS High Sierra and found it could
not contact the K3. The K3 utility failed, RUMlogNG failed, and
wsjt-x failed. I found the following by robertklep on the web:

What seems to have worked for me is actually removing the FTDI
driver (/Library/Extensions/FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext), after
finding that Apple ships an FTDI driver with the OS itself (/System/Library/Extensions/AppleUSBFTDI.kext).

I moved the driver out of
/Library/Extensions/FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext and things started
working again.

73 Bill AE6JV

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[Bill Frantz]

cocoaModem doesn't use the RS-232 connection to the K3. I have
the internal "sound card" board from the K3S in my K3 and
cocoaModem seems able to use it under MacOS High Sierra. I
haven't been able to fully check it out as I can't find anything
but FT8 at this late hour after the usual family dinner, so I
can't decode any signals. It does all the right things in
transmit mode.

73 Bill AE6JV

On 11/23/17 at 1:22 PM, [hidden email] wrote:

>Hi Bill - What about cocoaModem?

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[Bill Frantz]

I don't have a Windows machine. MacOS is my main OS but I also
have a Beaglebone Black Linux machine that hasn't been booted in
the last six months.

On the Mac, I run RUMlogNG for DX logging and most contesting.
Skookumlogger is a good contest logger, and better than RUMlogNG
for roving in a VHF contest. There are several other logging
programs available, but I haven't used them.

For digital modes, I use wsjt-x for the JT modes and cocoaModem
for PSK and RTTY. I have a copy of fldigi, but I haven't used it
very much. It does appear to work with High Sierra.

I use chirp for programming my Kenwood 2M/70cm rig.

Of course I use the Mac version of the Elecraft utilities. I
verified the K3 utility, and am assuming the rest will work as
they always have in the past.

73 Bill AE6JV

On 11/23/17 at 7:39 PM, [hidden email] (Dave Sublette) wrote:

>What software are you running on the Mac?,  I am running the K3
>on a Mac Mini.  I updated to High Sierra and then had to
>upgrade to Parallels 13 in order for it to work again.  I run
>Windows 7/64bit in a virtual window using Parallels.  All ham
>radio software is windows.

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[Fred Moore-2]

Bill, I am currently on High Sierra, RumlogNG is still operating just
fine on my KX3  I have not checked the utilities for the for the KX3, I
don't have a K3, the drivers don't know if this information helps or
not, drivers might be different... 

Regards.. Fred

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On 11/23/17 4:09 PM, Bill Frantz wrote:

> I upgraded my computer to MacOS High Sierra and found it could not
> contact the K3. The K3 utility failed, RUMlogNG failed, and wsjt-x
> failed. I found the following by robertklep on the web:
>
> What seems to have worked for me is actually removing the FTDI driver
> (/Library/Extensions/FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext), after finding that
> Apple ships an FTDI driver with the OS itself
> (/System/Library/Extensions/AppleUSBFTDI.kext).
>
> I moved the driver out of /Library/Extensions/FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext
> and things started working again.
>
> 73 Bill AE6JV
>
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