Updates
Sep 30,2019
*** Not yet tested ***
After plugging in the serial-to-USB cable to the Mac, a new device should be added under /dev/
| ls /dev/cu.usbserial-* |
then you could connectusing:
| screen /dev/device baud_rate |
No additional software needed.
Feb 1,2019
It seems that the Serial app by decisivetactics provides same capabilities.Original post
A few years ago I've moved to MacBook Pro as my working laptop. And from the very beginning I've faced the problem of connecting my Mac to DataPower serial port. And since I've been doing around 10-20 DataPower installation a year, you can imagine yourself that it was very annoying. It took me quite a while till I've found a solution (with a help from a friend that works at IBM). So here it is:- Install PL203 driver for Mac from prolific site. That should be pretty straight forward.
- As a terminal (instead of PuTTY) I use SerialTools which can be downloaded from the App Store.
You might need to tweak the checkbox based configuration, however down the road it works and does a great job!
Gosha
Bibliography
- Connecting to the serial console of a DataPower Gateway Appliance
https://render-prd-trops.events.ibm.com/support/pages/connecting-serial-console-datapower-gateway-appliance