Future Technology Devices International Ltd. Application Note AN_134 FTDI Drivers Installation guide for MAC OSX Document Reference No.: FT_000201 Version 1.0 Issue Date: 2009-11-06 The purpose of this application note is to provide users of FTDI chips with a simple procedure for installing FTDI drivers for FTDI devices used under MAC OSX. Future Technology Devices International Limited (FTDI) Unit 1, 2 Seaward Place, Centurion Business Park, Glasgow G41 1HH, United Kingdom Tel.
Document Reference No.: FT_000201 FTDI Drivers Installation guide for MAC OSX Application Note AN_134 Version 1.0 Clearance No.: FTDI# 123 Table of Contents 1 Introduction .................................................................... 2 2 Getting FTDI Device Drivers ............................................ 3 3 Installing Drivers ............................................................ 4 4 5 3.1 Installing VCP Drivers ...............................................................
Document Reference No.: FT_000201 FTDI Drivers Installation guide for MAC OSX Application Note AN_134 Version 1.0 Clearance No.: FTDI# 123 1 Introduction The purpose of this application note is to provide users of FTDI chips with a simple procedure for installing FTDI drivers for their devices under MAC OSX.
Document Reference No.: FT_000201 FTDI Drivers Installation guide for MAC OSX Application Note AN_134 Version 1.0 Clearance No.: FTDI# 123 2 Getting FTDI Device Drivers FTDI drivers may be obtained from the FTDI website. There are two versions. The first one is the Virtual Com Port driver (VCP) which creates a virtual com port on the MAC and allows applications that use the POSIX programming interface to communicate with the device. This is effectively the same us using a legacy com port.
Document Reference No.: FT_000201 FTDI Drivers Installation guide for MAC OSX Application Note AN_134 Version 1.0 Clearance No.: FTDI# 123 3 Installing Drivers 3.1 Installing VCP Drivers To install the driver on the MAC you simply click on the .pkg that matches your version of OSX. (Note screenshots are taken from a Tiger OSX version but the same screens apply to other variants). Select continue to install the driver. Select continue at the ReadMe screen.
Document Reference No.: FT_000201 FTDI Drivers Installation guide for MAC OSX Application Note AN_134 Version 1.0 Clearance No.: FTDI# 123 Select Install. At this point you may be asked for your password to authenticate the installation. This is just the same as you would do to log into the machine to begin using it.
Document Reference No.: FT_000201 FTDI Drivers Installation guide for MAC OSX Application Note AN_134 Version 1.0 Clearance No.: FTDI# 123 After authentication select close to complete the installation. Now plug the device in. If the device is installed properly, you will see entries in the /dev directory: /dev/cu.usbserial-xxxxxxxx /dev/tty.
Document Reference No.: FT_000201 FTDI Drivers Installation guide for MAC OSX Application Note AN_134 Version 1.0 Clearance No.: FTDI# 123 3.2 Installing D2xx Drivers Download the driver to the MAC as per section 2 of this document. Start a Terminal session (Go > Applications > Utilities > Terminal) Copy libftd2xx.0.1.7.dylib to the /usr/local/lib directory (cp Desktop/D2XX/bin/libftd2xx.0.1.
Document Reference No.: FT_000201 FTDI Drivers Installation guide for MAC OSX Application Note AN_134 Version 1.0 Clearance No.: FTDI# 123 4 Uninstalling Drivers Follow the procedures below idf you wish to remove the drivers from your MAC. 4.1 Uninstalling VCP Drivers To remove the drivers from Mac OS X, the user must be logged on as root. Root is a reserved username that has the privileges required to access all files.
Document Reference No.: FT_000201 FTDI Drivers Installation guide for MAC OSX Application Note AN_134 Version 1.0 Clearance No.: FTDI# 123 5 VCP Troubleshooting 5.1 How do I know what my deviceID is? Launch the System Profiler utility, or Apple System Profiler for earlier versions of OS X. This can be accessed by going to the Finder and selecting Applications from the Go menu, then open the Utilities folder.
Document Reference No.: FT_000201 FTDI Drivers Installation guide for MAC OSX Application Note AN_134 Version 1.0 Clearance No.: FTDI# 123 to MAC Driver from the FTDI website http://www.ftdichip.com/Documents/TechnicalNotes/TN_105%20Adding%20Support%20for%20New%2 0FTDI%20Devices%20to%20Mac%20Driver.pdf 5.3 The text “NewPort Detected" is not displayed in System Preferences-Network The device does not show in the System Preferences Netwoork window as Apple requested we remove this. 5.
Document Reference No.: FT_000201 FTDI Drivers Installation guide for MAC OSX Application Note AN_134 Version 1.0 Clearance No.: FTDI# 123 6 D2XX Troubleshooting 6.1 I can't open a port even though the installation has been Successful This is possibly due to the FTDI serial driver holding the port with your VID and PID. Solution is to uninstall the serial driver .
Document Reference No.: FT_000201 FTDI Drivers Installation guide for MAC OSX Application Note AN_134 Version 1.0 Clearance No.: FTDI# 123 7 Contact Information Head Office – Glasgow, UK Future Technology Devices International Limited Unit 1, 2 Seaward Place, Centurion Business Park Glasgow G41 1HH United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 141 429 2777 Fax: +44 (0) 141 429 2758 E-mail (Sales) sales1@ftdichip.com E-mail (Support) support1@ftdichip.com E-mail (General Enquiries) admin1@ftdichip.
Document Reference No.: FT_000201 FTDI Drivers Installation guide for MAC OSX Application Note AN_134 Version 1.0 Clearance No.: FTDI# 123 Distributor and Sales Representatives Please visit the Sales Network page of the FTDI Web site for the contact details of our distributor(s) and sales representative(s) in your country.
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Document Reference No.: FT_000201 FTDI Drivers Installation guide for MAC OSX Application Note AN_134 Version 1.0 Clearance No.: FTDI# 123 Appendix B – Revision History Version 0.1 First Draft 21/08/2009 Version 1.
