Setting Up Mac OS X

There were a couple of things i had to set up on my new MacBook before I could get access to the gumstix:

• First you need to install the usb-serial controller driver, mine uses the PL2303 chipset so I use http://sourceforge.net/projects/osx-pl2303/
• By default OS X doesn't have Kermit so you'll need to get that cku211.tar.gz
  • Ungzip and Untar it
  • Using the terminal 'cd' into the directory and run 'make macosx103'
  • Install it with 'sudo make install'
  • Also you'll need to make the correct lock file so do 'sudo mkdir /var/spool/lock'
• To upload files you'll also need rz and sz, download lrzsz-0.12.20.tar.gz
  • Ungzip and untar
  • 'cd' in
  • run './configure'
  • 'make'
  • 'sudo make install'
  • Kermit requires sz to do transfers however lrzsz makes binaries named lsz so you'll need to link to it 'sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/lsz /usr/local/bin/sz
• Now it is possible to access the gumstix, connect them up with the serial cable you've made,
  • run 'sudo kermit -l /dev/tty.PL2303-0000201A' (depends on your usb-serial controller)
  • 'set speed 115200'
  • 'set carrier-watch off'
  • 'set protocol zmodem'
  • 'connect'
• You should now access to the gumstix shell.
• To send files:
  • On the gumstix run 'rx'
  • Disconnect from the gumstix with Ctl-\ C
  • 'send file.file'
  • Once it is done you can reconnect 'connect' and the file should have been transfered.