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locked USB driver for Mac 10.15 Catalina and IC-7300/9700
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David Hall
I've now managed to get WSJT-X installed successfully on the Mac running OS 10.15 Catalina. There's now the issue of USB driver for the Mac. Does it need one or not?? I've looked at a load of sites online, some say it needs one others not. Can someone please give me a definitive answer.
David G8CLI
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Jim Bennett <w6jhb@...>
David,
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I’ve run WSJT-X on many a variety of Mac computers: iMacs, MacBook Pro, Mac Mini, and now Mac Mini M1, with several versions of the OS, including the new Big Sur. Granted I’ve not used either of the ICxxx rigs (I have used K3, KX3, KX2, K1SWL Phasers) with both FTDI USB cables, or stand-alone el-cheapo USB dongles, and have never had to mess around with any sort of driver for the OS. Jim / W6JHB
On Dec 21, 2020, at 9:37 AM, David Hall <dah@...> wrote:
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Austin 2E0MNV
Just wondering, are you referring to some sort of driver for the ability to use CAT control via USB?
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David Hall
Yes, exactly.
On 21 Dec 2020, 17:50 +0000, avaughan585@..., wrote:
Just wondering, are you referring to some sort of driver for the ability to use CAT control via USB?
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David Hall
Thanks Jim, I think that sort of answers the question. I’m not sure what an FTDI USB cable is but I’m just using a straight USB-A to USB-B with ferrites at each end.
David G8CLI
On 21 Dec 2020, 17:49 +0000, Jim Bennett via groups.io <w6jhb@...>, wrote:
David,
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I asked the same question recently on qrz.com and one guy told me of his experience, that it should work out of the box with newer versions of mac os. My question was specific to the Yaesu SCU-17 digi mode interface however. Here is his post https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/help-getting-ft-450d-on-ft8.736545/#post-5702791
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Jim Bennett <w6jhb@...>
David,
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The Elecraft Rigs I mentioned do not have USB ports - they communicate with the computer via serial. The FTDI cables convert the serial to USB. The newer K3S and K4 have USB output, as I understand. Not having either an IC-7300 or 9700, I don’t know what I/O ports they have. Jim
On Dec 21, 2020, at 10:02 AM, David Hall <dah@...> wrote:
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David Hall
Thanks for that. More info to add to the pile.
David G8CLI
On 21 Dec 2020, 18:10 +0000, avaughan585@..., wrote:
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Hi David,
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Jim is referring to USB to serial adapters using the FTDI make of chip, other use one made by Prolific. I believe the built in USB to serial adapters in Icom rigs use a chipset by Silicon Labs. It has been reported that Big Sur has drivers included for that and other popular USB to serial chipsets, I have not verified that but it seems reasonable. Care should be taken to distinguish between USB Audio CODEC functionality carried over the same USB connection as a CAT serial connection, drivers for generic USB Audio CODECs are included in most operating system installs, that has not always been the case for USB to serial functionality despite that capability being covered by the generic CDC USB framework. 73 Bill G4WJS.
On 21/12/2020 18:02, David Hall wrote:
Thanks Jim, I think that sort of answers the question. I’m not sure what an FTDI USB cable is but I’m just using a straight USB-A to USB-B with ferrites at each end.
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Joe Subich, W4TV
David,
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Each manufacturer uses a different USB to serial "bridge" to convert the serial I/O of their controller to the USB connection for your USB A to USB B cable. In general you will need a driver for *any* computer to recognize the specific USB to serial bridge. Elecraft use a standard FTDI device with the default FTDI PID (product ID) - not quite Kosher but it has some advantages with Catalina (because there are no "Apple approved" FTDI drivers that currently recognize the custom PID). The FTDI driver built-in to the MacOS appears to work fine with the Elecraft transceivers. Unfortunately, Icom, Kenwood and Yaesu all appear to only offer Windows drivers on their web site(s). You will need to download and install the MacOS driver directly from Silicon Labs: <https://www.silabs.com/developers/usb-to-uart-bridge-vcp-drivers>. I can not determine if the driver available from Silicon Labs will support Catalina (or Big Sur) as the dates/OS versions mentioned in the documentation file are not sufficiently specific. Note: because the USB to serial bridge in Icom, Kenwood and Yaesu transceivers is powered from the transceiver and not the computer (USB +5V), you will need to manually install the Silicon Labs driver *before* connecting the USB cable to the transceiver. 73, ... Joe, W4TV
On 2020-12-21 1:02 PM, David Hall wrote:
Thanks Jim, I think that sort of answers the question. I’m not sure what an FTDI USB cable is but I’m just using a straight USB-A to USB-B with ferrites at each end.
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David VK3DRH
G’day David, When I got my 7610 in 2017, I installed the Silabs drivers and WSJT-X worked well. That was with High Sierra and then Mojave. 73, David VK3DRH
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David Hall
Thank you David. At last a definitive answer.
Thanks also to Bill G4WJS and Joe W4TV for their contributions (even though Joe says a driver IS necessary). David G8CLI
On 21 Dec 2020, 20:22 +0000, David VK3DRH <groups.io@...>, wrote:
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David VK3DRH
No probs, David - happy to help.
And with due respect to Joe W4TV, when I was running Catalina and now Big Sur, I have not needed to install any third-party USB drivers from Silabs or anyone else. My 3 Icoms all connect perfectly OK to my 2017 tbMBP for CAT, audio etc and using WSJT-X, logging programs (MLDX, RUMlog, Skookum Logger) and apps (MacDoppler, Blackcat apps etc) using the MacOS inbuilt drivers. Cheers, David VK3DRH
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I'm Big Sur 11.1 and I get this. Hamlib error and the shmmax is not shown as 14680064.
On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 17:04 David VK3DRH <groups.io@...> wrote:
No probs, David - happy to help.
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I'm a Yaesu FT-991, forgot to mention.
On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 6:10 PM Jeff Zarge - K3JRZ <K3JRZ@...> wrote:
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Warren Zimmer <hammer8266@...>
I had to rerun shammax in terminal again to fix it
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On Dec 21, 2020, at 5:11 PM, K3JRZ <K3JRZ@...> wrote:
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ZS6JBZ Johann
For the Icom rigs that use the 2102 Silabs chip to run the USB link.
The drivers Silabs supplied worked fine with Mac OS Catalina but needed to be updated for Big Sur. https://www.silabs.com/community/interface/forum.topic.html/vcp_driver_for_macosbigsur110x-SWJK Silabs published updated driver yesterday. There is a download link on the page above. 73 Johann ZS6JBZ
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K3JRZ
Upon installing the new CP210x VCP Driver v6 on Big Sur macOS 11.1: 
On Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 1:53 AM <zs6jbz@...> wrote: For the Icom rigs that use the 2102 Silabs chip to run the USB link.
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Bob McGraw - K4TAX <rmcgraw@...>
This week I encountered an issue with our church Mac that was
updated this week with Big Sur. I had to replace or update
several drivers in order for the video hardware to to resume
working. Good thing I caught it this week or Christmas Eve and
Christmas services would have been a near disaster. While I
believe all has been corrected and is working as it should, I just
can't wait for the services start and any surprises that may pop
up. 73 Bob, K4TAX
On 12/23/2020 12:39 AM, zs6jbz@... wrote: For the Icom rigs that use the 2102 Silabs chip to run the USB link.
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