[Errantries]

Hello!

I have a macbook pro, running on 10.9 OS. I have just recently bought a sailboat, so I'm fairly new at all this. If you could all help me get my head around it, I'd greatly appreciate it. I have a Pactor PTC-IIusb that I inherited with the boat, and I downloaded Crossover to my mac recently.

I did some research on the easiest and most economical ways to make my mac look like a PC and run PC programs, which brought me to Crossover. I didn't realize that it might not work with Airmail.

I have already downloaded and installed Airmail, and it seems to open up just fine, using Crossover. I am attempting to go through the set-up process, but I can't seem to get my macbook to communicate with the Pactor.

Maybe the problem is my connection- I assumed I could use the UBS Standard B plug on the back of modem, straight to the Standard A plug on my laptop. I'm confused with the serial adapters that I'm reading about here on the forums. Why not just USB B to USB A plug?

Many apologies if I'm ignorant on the process. If anyone could help me get my pactor to communicate with my mac, I'd be so grateful.

Thanks!