Today I was wondering how to get a cisco console cable working on a Macbook Pro. Well after installing the driver ( downloaded from apple.com/support ( the PL2303 driver ) i could user my usb-to-serial.
now I connected my light blue console cable.
The following thing I had to do was:
use the command: ls -l /dev/tty.*
output
Fred-MacBook-Pro:~ fdj$ ls -l /dev/tty.*
crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 11, 4 8 jul 21:13 /dev/tty.Bluetooth-Modem
crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 11, 2 8 jul 21:13 /dev/tty.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync
crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 11, 0 8 jul 21:23 /dev/tty.PL2303-00001004
use the following ommand:
Fred-MacBook-Pro:~ fdj$ screen /dev/tty.PL2303-00001004 9600
you can now use your console cable to configure your device with the terminal program on your macbook pro. When you want to quit the Console session you have to do the folloing
ctrl+a ctrl+\
You get the following answer and answer with yes.
Really quit and kill all your windows [y/n]y
Hi, I installed driver on my macbook pro, but I can´t see /dev/tty.usbxxxxx. However if check System Profiler and I can see usb-to-serial info, beside I check Proxxx.kext file under /System/Library/Extensions.
Can I do something else??
Br
which mac os x version you are using?
I’ve tested the USB cable on Mac OS X Lion and it get the same result as you have.
I just found after testing the following site. but i haven’t any luck yet i’ve to test it.
http://xbsd.nl/2011/07/pl2303-serial-usb-on-osx-lion.html