Omega 2+: serial won't show up?
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Trying to connect to my Omega 2+ over serial and it's not showing up in my Terminal output:
Jacobs-MacBook-Pro:~ jacobbendicksen$ ls /dev/{tty,cu}.* /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Incoming-Port /dev/tty.Bluetooth-Incoming-PortMacOS 10.12 if that matters.
Ideas?
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Which dock are you using? I believe if you are using the Power Dock, it does not have the USB-Serial circuit. Could be wrong.
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Expansion dock, so I think it has the USB-serial circuit.
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Have you installed the drivers yet?
https://docs.onion.io/omega2-docs/connecting-to-the-omega-terminal.html#connecting-to-the-omega-terminal-serial
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@cusackph yep, installed the drivers but still not seeing anything other than the Bluetooth ports.
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@Jacob-Bendicksen Make sure you aren't using a cheap USB cable; the poorly made ones can have issues. Also make sure you power cycle the Omega2; I find that if I don't access the serial port soon after a cold boot, it 'goes away'.
ETA: I saw your other post; I'm on Sierra and I don't have any issues with it - try my suggestions above, also, you may find you need to be root in order to attach via screen.
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@dr_jkl said in Omega 2+: serial won't show up?:
you may find you need to be root in order to attach via screen.
being a member of dialout (or similar) group might be enough. Screen is a tool from modem times.
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@Luciano-S. true but OP is on a mac
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@dr_jkl , i saw that ... but as i don't have a mac i could not check it
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Even on a Linux box, you can usually see that the device exists without permission to use it.
The CP2012 works fine in recent OSX releases, and does not require any special permissions. However the proper driver from SiLabs must be installed - it is not included with OSX in the way that an open source driver supporting that converter typically ships with most Linux distros today.
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@Chris-Stratton said in Omega 2+: serial won't show up?:
Even on a Linux box, you can usually see that the device exists without permission to use it.
The CP2012 works fine in recent OSX releases, and does not require any special permissions. However the proper driver from SiLabs must be installed - it is not included with OSX in the way that an open source driver supporting that converter typically ships with most Linux distros today.
Any ideas as to why I can't see the Omega when I scan /dev/tty? I've tried installing the driver many times and it hasn't given me any error messages.
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@Jacob-Bendicksen said in Omega 2+: serial won't show up?:
@Chris-Stratton said in Omega 2+: serial won't show up?:
Even on a Linux box, you can usually see that the device exists without permission to use it.
The CP2012 works fine in recent OSX releases, and does not require any special permissions. However the proper driver from SiLabs must be installed - it is not included with OSX in the way that an open source driver supporting that converter typically ships with most Linux distros today.
Any ideas as to why I can't see the Omega when I scan /dev/tty? I've tried installing the driver many times and it hasn't given me any error messages.
See if it is listed in the USB section under system report.
Try a different cable. Try it with a hub. Try it without a hub.
