system
August 18, 2013, 2:36pm
1
Greetings all,
I have a Windows 7 PC and the board worked perfectly so this is not an issue with the board/USB cable.
Here is my history – Trying to get it working on Mac OS:
There was no device under “Tools >> Serial Port” – Fixed downloading FDTI drivers, now I can see “/dev/tty.usbmodemfa131”
Now when I try to upload the “Blink” sample, I get “avrdude: stk500_recv(): programmer is not responding ” – I’ve tried to create /var/lock and give it 777 permission but it didn’t work.
Any thoughts?
Thanks a lot for any advice.
system
August 18, 2013, 4:20pm
2
I am in the 'same' boat as you.
I thought it was the FTDI driver, but I received an email from a technical support engineer from FTDI and he said that Mac's working with an Arduino Uno do NOT need an FTDI driver.
FYI, I still have not gotten my USB port to communicate with Arduino Uno. My goal is to get "blink" to work from my Mac (OS=10.7).
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Neil
system
August 18, 2013, 10:55pm
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According to some docs I've found here we don't need FTDI for Uno R3 but I've installed it anyway.
It is sad to see that on Windows the installation was smoothly but in Mac it sucks
Well.. let's continue digging...
system
August 19, 2013, 12:51pm
4
Which Arduino IDE Version are you using?
My Setup:
OS X, 10.8.4
No issues.
system
August 19, 2013, 2:09pm
6
I didn't need a driver for my Mac mini, 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo.
I would try:
uninstall the FTDIUSBSerialDriver
quit Arduino
delete the file: /Users/yourusername/library/Arduino/preferences.txt
start Arduino again
system
August 19, 2013, 2:15pm
7
I'm trying to remove the drivers, but I don't know how to do it on Mac. Do you know?
system
August 19, 2013, 2:26pm
8
gtourinho:
It should be in the folder /System/Library/Extensions
I never uninstalled a driver, but I think you can just delete the file. You may consult the FDTI documentation to be sure.
cmiyc
August 19, 2013, 2:51pm
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If you required the FTDI drivers, you don't have an actual Uno R3. Where did you buy it, Fry's? If so, select Duemilanove in the board menu, not Uno.
system
August 19, 2013, 5:28pm
10
I've bought it from DX (china). It is not a original Arduino board.
The weird thing is that on Windows it works fine (without having to add drivers).
I'll try to change my board as you've suggested.
Thanks,
system
August 19, 2013, 10:47pm
11
Unfortunately it didn’t work. I’ve tried all Duemilanove boards available in the tool, but none have worked ?
I had also removed FTDI drivers and plugged Arduino back, expecting Network Preferences to show, no luck though ?
system
August 20, 2013, 5:56am
12
What do you get with ls -l /dev/cu.* ?
As an example for a Mega 2560, no Arduino connected:
$ ls -l /dev/cu.*
crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 33, 3 10 Aug 14:42 /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem
crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 33, 1 10 Aug 14:42 /dev/cu.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync
Arduino connected:
$ ls -l /dev/cu.*
crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 33, 3 10 Aug 14:42 /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem
crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 33, 1 10 Aug 14:42 /dev/cu.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync
crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 33, 23 20 Aug 07:55 /dev/cu.usbmodem411
system
August 21, 2013, 9:46pm
13
Hi
With Arduino connected to my Mac I can see /dev/tty.usbmodeXXX (but it appears only after I've installed FTDI drivers).
Any other thoughts?
cmiyc
August 22, 2013, 2:26am
14
gtourinho:
The FTDI drivers had nothing to do with it. FTDI devices show up as "usbserial", not "usbmodem."
Don't worry though. Contact Deal Extreme. I'm sure their technical support team can help.
system
August 22, 2013, 11:33am
15
Thanks James, I was not aware that DX had a Tech Team to support customers.
Anyway, I not confident anymore... I guess I'll have to keep windows to do any development with Arduino.
system
August 27, 2013, 4:10pm
16
Hi Guys, me again.
I was not able to have MAC working with my board so I installed boot camp and a Windows 7 into my MacbookPro.
Once booted in Windows, I’ve connected my board to my notebook and the driver was properly installed.
However I’m still not able to upload the program to the board. I get this error “stk500_getsync(): not in sync: ”.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
