First Flight Version 1.0
Date Printed: 1/26/2008
Appendix D –Installing USB Drivers on Macintosh
Installing the USB drivers on the Mac is a bit complex.
First, make sure you have FlightView 2.8 or later. If not, download the most recent version from
our web-site at
.
Note:
You must have administrator privileges to install these drivers.
These instructions may not be applicable to newer Macs.
To Install the USB Drivers on a Macintosh
1.
Open the folder where FlightView was installed.
o
This is usually
Applications/GwizViewer.
2.
Double-click the package icon named
FTDIUSBSerialDriver
.
3.
In your
Utilities
folder, open the
Terminal
program.
4.
At the prompt, type:
cd /Library/StartupItems/FTDIReEnumerate
and press
RETURN.
5.
Type
sudo pico FTDIReEnumerate
and press RETURN.
6.
Type in your administrator password when requested by the system.
7.
Find this line in the terminal editor window:
/Library/StartupItems/FTDIReEnumerate/ReEnumerate –v0403 –p6001
8.
Replace it with these two lines:
/Library/StartupItems/FTDIReEnumerate/ReEnumerate –v0403 –pEE18
/Library/StartupItems/FTDIReEnumerate/ReEnumerate –v0403 –pDA38
9.
Save the file.
10.
Exit the editor.
11.
Exit Terminal.
12.
Restart the Macintosh.
You should now be able to connect to HCX using USB.
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