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Adding bu353s4 to my Mac ,failed - rioux7 - February 6, 2020
After several attempts, I even had to reboot , a teck looked at it
Still does not work
I received a small disk with the gps , can’t use it
Tried to download the driver from the cie , several time
I can’t find with USB port it uses to apply it to open Cpn
Help please before I use a hammer and crush that piece of S » » »
Louis
RE: Adding bu353s4 to my Mac ,failed - Jade - February 7, 2020
Hi,
I found Francis Fustier's article for installing the BU-353 on a Mac. This article is old but it contains a link to download the Prolific PL2303 USB driver for macOS 10.13.
https://blog.francis-fustier.fr/en/installer-le-gps-bu-353-avec-gpsnavxmacenc/
It may help if you told us what version of macOS you have and what other application (software package) you are trying to use with the BU-353 in addition to OpenCPN.
Here is the official Prolific download site for their driver on macOS 10.15:
http://www.prolific.com.tw/us/showproduct.aspx?p_id=229&pcid=41
Prolific added this special note on the installation for macOS 10.13 to 10.15:
"NOTE: Mac OS High Sierra 10.13 introduces a new feature that requires user approval before loading new third-party kernel extensions. Go to System Preferences - Security & Privacy and click Allow."
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Jon
RE: Adding bu353s4 to my Mac ,failed - Jade - February 7, 2020
…and there is also this post on the subject on MacSailing.net:
http://macsailing.net/mybb/showthread.php?tid=3882&pid=11527#pid11527
RE: Adding bu353s4 to my Mac ,failed - rioux7 - February 7, 2020
Hi
I have Mac OS high Sierra and plan to use the gps only for open cpn.
I used the high Sierra download ,
My Mac would not open again after the download ,
Had to go to the teck man to reboot without loosing all my files .
I will try it again ,
Thank you Jade .
Happy wind