So, my problems all started using Arduino 0010 on my Macbook Pro running OSX 10.5.5. One minute my arduino was working fine, sending serial messages to an openframeworks app. After a restart, serial started being REALLY dodgy. When I plugged the arduino into a pc, I found it was still sending serial fine.
So, I thought, I'll update the drivers. Big mistake
I downloaded the Arduino 012, and (clicking the link) got the latest FTDIUSB - FTDIUSBSerialDriver_v2_2_10.dmg. Installed that, and suddenly - even worse! Now the arduino doesn't even show up on the tools>serial port> list, or when I do "enumerate devices" in OF.
Even worse, I don't even know how to roll back to the previous drivers - i notice the one included with Arduino 012 is FTDIUSBSerialDriver_v2_2_9_Intel.dmg. But when I try to install it, it tells me
"You cannot install USBFTDISerialDriver Kernel Extension on this volume. A newer version of this software already exists on this volume."
Doh! I even tried removing the file /system/library/extensions/FTDIUSBSerialDriver.kext, then installing, but the same thing happened.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated at this stage. I would really prefer not to have to reinstall OSX
Get the latest driver from FTDI. I'm not sure of the version, but I installed the latest driver downloaded directly from the FTDI website on my intel iMac running 10.5.latest and they work just fine.
ok, so the latest driver, 2.2.10, is what I had! I managed to go back to 2.2.9 (by removing both the .kext and the "receipt", bit of a pain in the ass!) and now it shows up in arduino again. Hmmm. It still seems a bit dodgy, I'm testing it further....
I have a similar problem. My arduino works fine on arduino 12 on a white macbook running 10.4
However I have upgraded to a new aluminium macbook running OSX 10.5.5 and now after installing the FTDI drivers I still dont see the USB com ports in the menu.
I tried the intel 2.2.9 drivers first that came with the 0012 download, then tried the latest 2.2.10 for FTDI but no joy.
yeah, mine's the aluminium macbook pro dual 2.6. The 2.2.9 drivers work fine, the 2.2.10 one didn't seem to work. It should pop up in your network settings if it 's working, there's a really in-depth manual on the FTDI site
