[aprssig] Trouble Connecting & Configuring KPC 3+ to an Intel Duo iMac

[Jim Tittsler]

On Dec 16, 2007, at 16:54, George Ring wrote:

> Tech Support (Ken) at Kantronics told me that when I power up the  
> TNC that I should see a stream of data appearing on the Terminal  
> window.  My terminal window appears blank, though (only the  
> prompt).  I run Mac APRS Carbon Release, but it also doesn't appear  
> to be sending any signals to the TNC.

Note that Kantronics meant a "serial terminal emulator."  One example  
for OS X is ZTerm.
   http://homepage.mac.com/dalverson/zterm/

Or you can use 'screen' to get a serial connection in the OS X  
"terminal" application.
   http://www.tigoe.net/pcomp/resources/archives/avr/000749.shtml
But a full featured emulator like ZTerm is a better choice.


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