Reasons for Mac Boot from USB. Booting the Mac from USB in a way gives the power back to the.
Insert the USB boot media into an open USB slot. Press the Power button to turn on your Mac (or Restart your Mac if it’s already on). When you hear the startup chime, press and hold the Option key. Holding that key gives you access to OS X’s Startup Manager. While entering the serial port name into the code in arduino IDE, enter the whole port address i.e: /dev/cu.usbmodem. or /dev/cu.UG-. where the. is the port number. And for the port number in case of mac just open terminal and type. Ls /dev/. and then search for the port that u have set in arduino IDE.
Mac's are excellent tools for accessing serial device TTY ports (to console into PBX's, switches, and routers). You just need a serial to USB adapter, the right driver, and some Terminal software.
You can use screen, although Minicom (or a GUI program) offer more features and functionality. Drivers:
Most Serial-to-USB adapters will work on a Mac with one of the following OS X drivers..
UPDATE: Mavericks (10.9) includes a driver for FTDI-based Serial-to-USB adapters.
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