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Hi guys, I am new. Extremely new. But after awhile of browsing here and elsewhere on the internet I can't find an answer to my question so I figured I'd post here.

I'm on a Macbook pro, running 10.4.11. I just bought an Arduino Uno, and I can't seem to get the first steps out of the way. My problem seems to be with the serial port.

When I plug in the lights blink just fine. And I have downloaded and installed the right drivers (I believe. This is my only idea about what the problem is. Is the uno able to run on 10.4.11? maybe I have the wrong driver?), but when I run "ls /dev/cu.*" all I get in return is

/dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem         /dev/cu.emoDAUE-1
/dev/cu.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync

same thing with tty.* respectively

When I try to upload a program (blink) to my board, it says either serial port is in use, or if I use either of the PDA-sync ports, it says programmer not responding.

Also it's probably important to note that when I plug in I get no dialog box about a new network, and even when I go to my network settings, nothing new is there.

Can anyone guide me on what to do? Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

[Reply #1 on:]

http://arduino.cc/en/Guide/MacOSX

If you're using an Arduino Uno or Mga 2560, you don't have any drivers to install. Skip ahead to the next step.
 

[Reply #2 on:]

I never had to install any drivers even on my deluminove.

[Reply #3 on:]

Really? I've had to install FTDI drivers for my Duel Mini Love, on Snow Leopard, otherwise how could it possibly communicate?

[Reply #4 on:]

I am using windows but I would assume Mac would be the same.
I think Windows, Mac and Linux all have built in FT232 drivers.

[Reply #5 on:]

No.

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Well if a problem with the drivers is ruled out, what else could it be?

I suppose then, when following that guide, after skipping the step with the drivers, my first problem is that it never shows up as a network connection.

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I'm having the same problem so I'll be interested to see if you find a way to fix this.

With me, the board is plugged in and the LED is blinking which I think it is doing automatically, but when I attempt to upload the basic Blink I get the same "avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding"

Question, when you were on step 4 of connecting the board did you have the pop up dialogue box?

I might be wrong in assuming that maybe my mac is not recognising that there is a board plugged in and that the flashing is just the physical power going into it? Likewise, I am newer than new to this so I'm absolutely baffled!

[Reply #8 on:]

The blink sketch is pre-installed with the bootloader.