[Coco] Problems with Drivewire 4

[Fred D. Provoncha]

Original Message:
>  Hello All,
>
>  I am having problems connecting my Mac to my Coco using Drivewire4...  it
>  simply does not respond.
>
>  CONFIG:
>  1) Macbook Pro running Lion
>  2) DW 4.0.6
>  3) USB to RS232 adapter using PL2303 chipset;
>  4) Coco equipped with Cloud9's SuperIDE and HDBDOS 1.1D, DW3
>
>  I've read in past entries that the PL2303 chipset is buggy... Does that
>  confirm?   Drivewire4 setup wizard seems to find the interface just fine
>  and my CoCo3 is running in double speed...
>
>  Hints anyone?
>
>  Thanks!
>  PAulo.

Funny you should ask, I've been having a similar problem. I have the drivewire4 server software installed successfully on my Ubuntu Linux 12.04 laptop, but the server is not recognizing my serial port. The USB/Serial adapter I'm using is the Prolific PL2303, and the driver is successfully installed in Linux. The device has been assigned to port ttyUSB0. Drivewire is unable to find the port. It says it doesn't exist. I see the file for it in the /dev directory, however. Sorry if this has been discussed&  answered before. I have a Coco3 running the most recent version of NITROS9. The serial cable is plugged into the Coco's bit-banger port.

Fred Provoncha