OSTC Sport + Companion Software on Mac

[bnies]

Hi,

Did anyone have luck to connect the OSTC sport to a Mac OS X 10.9?

I can pair the device which appears as OSTCs 310, but after a while it drops the connection. I have installed the FTDI drivers 2.2.18, but the OSTC companion says there is no communication port. I assume the FTDI driver is not compatible with Mac OS 10.9 because the latest version is from 2012 and for 10.7.

Bye,
Bernd

[bnies]

The FTDI driver is not required for MacOS 10.9. The driver is already included but the device path naming scheme has changed:

$ ls -al /dev/*OSTC*
crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 18, 9 Sep 7 18:21 /dev/cu.OSTCs0310-SPP
crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 18, 8 Sep 7 18:21 /dev/tty.OSTCs0310-SPP

If those device path files do not exist, the device is not paired.

Workaround for companion software: Create a symbolic link to the /dev/tty.OSTC* device so that the path will be recognized by the companion software (XXXX represents the serial number).

$ sudo ln -s /dev/tty.OSTCs0310-SPP /dev/tty.usbserial-XXXXX

A fix for future companion software would be to recognize both /dev/tty.usbserial* and /dev/tty.OSTC* naming schemes.

[Zubarev Igor]

Some additional explanations for the "workaround":

You need to use the Terminal App.
Connect your OSTC sport via standart Bluetooth with the Mac.
Open Terminal.
1. Copy this command into the command line:

ls -al /dev/*OSTC*

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Press Enter, it schould look like this, in my case the serial Number
of the computer is "s0431":

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2. Now copy the following command into the command line, replacing 2 times the XXXXX
with the 5 digit serial number of your OSTC sport:

sudo ln -s /dev/tty.OSTCXXXXX-SPPDev /dev/tty.usbserial-XXXXX

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In my case it would look like that, with "s0431" as the serial number.

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Press Enter, the workaround is ready. The Terminal App will not give you
any additional information. It has created the file wich is needed.

3. Now open the OSTC Comapnion Software
(download it here: OSTC Companion)
(Also, start bluetooth on your OSTC sport computer again, cause probably the OSTC is already in sleep mode again.)

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4. Go to the Preferences button in the upper left corner. You shoud see the
port which is selected by the software. It should be the port the you just have
created. It could be that you first need to choose it from the drop-down menu.

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5. Press OK. You get back to the Main screen of the Software. Press Reconnect.
You will be asked by your Mac for the bluetooth pairing code of your OSTC, which is 0000. Type it in, press Connect.

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Now your OSTC sport is connected whith the OSTC Companion software and you
can start using it. You can see in the info-line at the bottom.

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Wish everybody some great dives!

[heinrichsweikamp]

Hi all,

This workaround is no longer needed: read.php?6,14143

Regards,
Matthias