Usb Serial Cable For Mac

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The purpose of this blog post is to show the steps required on how to add the UC-232a USB to serial cable to your Apple MAC and then how to configure a profile so you don’t have to enter the commands again. I have had to do this a lot recently due to issues with my MAC so I thought I would document my own workflow on this process.

Step 1: Go here and download the required drivers under Support & DownloadsY

Step 2: Install the driver for the UC232a USB to serial cable it will require a reboot of your computer

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USB (Universal Serial Bus) is an industry standard for connecting computers and other devices. It's available with many types of ports, and each type has a unique shape. On Mac computers, USB is available with these ports, depending on your Mac model.

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Step 3: Open a terminal session, press command key and space then type “terminal” once located hit enter

Step 4: plug in UC-232AC USB to serial adapter into MAC

Step 5: In terminal program type:

$ ls /dev/cu.*

Located the /dev/cu.UC-232AC as per below.

Step 6: Type,

$ screen /dev/cu.UC-232AC 9600

And Now you should have CLU access to your device

If the below message is displayed in Terminal, dis-connect and reconnect your USB to serial cable ;

Now to create a profile so you do not have to continually enter the commands

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Step 6: Click on Terminal and select ” Preferences…”

Step 7: In the ” Profiles section” Click “+” icon located bottom left corner

Step 8: Type in your profile name i.e ” USB Serial”

Step 9 : In the shell tab that is part of your new profile you created, click “Run command” and enter in the text field: screen /dev/cu.UC-232AC 9600

Then close the window

Step 10: Right click on the terminal icon and go to ” New window with Profile” and select the profile you created

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Now you should have CLI access to your device.

If the below message is displayed in Terminal disconnect and reconnect your usb to serial cable

That is it.