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Can I connect a Mac to an AP using Terminal?

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  • 1.  Can I connect a Mac to an AP using Terminal?

    Posted Mar 28, 2014 02:17 PM

    I purchased a USB to serial adapter for my mac.

     

    The /dev for the device is tty.usbserial-A602LJDZ.

     

    $ screen /dev/tty.usbserial-A602LJDZ 9600 or 19200 (I don't remember which one our rep said speed wise) seems to want to connect, but I get an error saying that it can't be opened for R/W because the line is busy.

     

    Any thoughts or tips?



  • 2.  RE: Can I connect a Mac to an AP using Terminal?

    Posted Mar 28, 2014 02:29 PM
    Maybe you had a previous session opened and didn't closed it correctly


  • 3.  RE: Can I connect a Mac to an AP using Terminal?

    Posted Mar 28, 2014 02:38 PM

    This is the first time doing this. I'm completely new to Aruba.



  • 4.  RE: Can I connect a Mac to an AP using Terminal?

    Posted Mar 28, 2014 02:31 PM
    Sorry for the double post. I've had problems with the pl driver previously I used this one:
    http://changux.co/osx-installer-to-pl2303-serial-usb-on-osx-lio/


  • 5.  RE: Can I connect a Mac to an AP using Terminal?

    Posted Mar 28, 2014 02:44 PM

    Thanks for the link. I downloaded it and ran the commands. Seemed to work. I still couldn't connect with my screen command.



  • 6.  RE: Can I connect a Mac to an AP using Terminal?

    Posted Mar 31, 2014 06:27 AM

    You could try ZTerm. It hasn't been updated in years but still works great in Mountain Lion.

    Also, Prolific have updated their own drivers for Mac: http://www.prolific.com.tw/US/ShowProduct.aspx?p_id=229&pcid=41

     

    I forgot which driver I installed on my machine but it works well with ZTerm.



  • 7.  RE: Can I connect a Mac to an AP using Terminal?
    Best Answer

    Posted Apr 01, 2014 11:16 AM

    I was able to use Terminal.

     

    I ran an ls /dev/ and found the adapter was cu.usbserial-....

     

    I was then able to run "screen cu-usbserial... 9600"

     

    There was also a tty.usbserial..., but that device didn't work.

     

    This works perfectly.