serial communication on a mac

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ph(Posted 2005) [#1]
how can i realize serial communication on a mac with bmax? with a usb serial adapter from keyspan i can use the rs-232 port on a mac and i like to control devices with 3d-content interactions. is this possible? thanks.


FlameDuck(Posted 2005) [#2]
Not directly, no.


TeaVirus(Posted 2005) [#3]
You could try opening a stream to the serial port device path under /dev. Maybe you could then read and write to the stream? I don't have a serial port on my Mac to try it with so let me know if you have any luck. I'll be needing to do this soon myself!