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RRC 1258 Support in English => General discussion forum => Topic started by: WW2DX (Lee) on 2012-11-15, 16:43:36

Title: Which USB Chip in RRC?
Post by: WW2DX (Lee) on 2012-11-15, 16:43:36

Hi Guys,

Which driver should I download FTDI, prolific other?

73 Lee
WW2DX

Title: Re: Which USB Chip in RRC?
Post by: dj0qn on 2012-11-15, 16:45:50

Hi Lee,

The driver is installed automatically when you install the Microbit Setup Manager.

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

Title: Re: Which USB Chip in RRC?
Post by: WW2DX (Lee) on 2012-11-15, 16:49:03

Sorry, I should have been more clear.

I am installed on a Mac under 10.8 and will be using for direct connect for rig control and digital modes.

73!

Lee
WW2DX

Title: Re: Which USB Chip in RRC?
Post by: WW2DX (Lee) on 2012-11-15, 18:09:45

I think its FTDI from what I can find digging. Anyone confirm that?

Thanks,
Lee
WW2DX

Title: Re: Which USB Chip in RRC?
Post by: sm2o on 2012-11-15, 18:14:32

Hi Lee

It's no chip like FDTI. The USB support is done by the NXP MCU itself, I do not think it is possible to use any other driver than the ones included in the Setup manager, but I will check with my experts.

73 de mike

Title: Re: Which USB Chip in RRC?
Post by: WW2DX (Lee) on 2012-11-15, 18:27:11

Hi Mike,

OK in the logs I see:

tty.usbmodem1d11442
tty.usbmodem1d11444
tty.usbmodem1d11446
tty.usbmodem1d11448

I see the arduino guys make reference to the same type of device name and they are using the FTDI chipset in the hardware.

So, the OS see's the USB device(s) but at the moment its a little unstable and I would like to install the latest driver and see if that corrects it.

At the moment rig control is working but if I disconnect the USB cable from the RRC the OS freezes on me.

Thanks for looking into this.

73 Lee
WW2DX

Title: Re: Which USB Chip in RRC?
Post by: Jan (Microbit) on 2012-11-16, 08:54:48

Like Mike said the USB functionality(stack) is implemented in the CPU's firmware. It implements four USB serial ports, so it really is up to the OS to support them. In Windows we use the built-in usbser driver so we do not actually provide a driver as such but only a file describing and enabling the serial port using usbser. In other OS:s you would have to provide a similar driver.