Problem with term using BAFO BF-810 USB/Serial

[Charlie F]

I am having problems getting term to communicate with a device via its serial port.
I'm using a BAFO USB to serial adapter and have installed the latest Prolific driver.
I have also installed CoolTerm but it doesn't work either.

I switch on my device and it sends its initial text.
Both the Mac Term and CoolTerm show garbled text that looks like this:
C·C!.´ãY¨ã°W•.k≠°!ï[,´Å*WÎXW±bñjHLì..¢Æ[,´5°
ï[,´ÅÎZK

In addition, I am not able to send any commands from either application.
On the Mac Term app, even if I press enter it does not respond.

The driver is present in the system report.
I am using OS X Yosemite, v10.10.5

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Cory Cooper]

Hello and welcome.

After a little research, the BAFO device driver for Mac is really old and supports OS 9 through OS X 10.4. It still may work though, if it installed and is loading properly.

Not sure how to help troubleshoot. What exactly are you trying to use the adapter for?

C

 

[Charlie F]

Hello and welcome.

After a little research, the BAFO device driver for Mac is really old and supports OS 9 through OS X 10.4. It still may work though, if it installed and is loading properly.

Not sure how to help troubleshoot. What exactly are you trying to use the adapter for?

C

Hi
Thanks very much for your message.
I am trying to connect to a piece of electronic equipment, GPS receiver.
The equipment uses a command line interface (CLI) for control, status monitoring, etc. via RS232.
I have managed to use telnet via ethernet, that works well.