I’m trying to connect my new EmonTX5 to my MacOS 15.1 system via UART to inspect the firmware settings. However, when I use a regular USB-C to USB-C cable, no devices are detected. My older UART-to-USB-A adapters work fine with other devices. I’ve checked the FTDI website but I’m not sure if I nee…

That did it. I threw a basic USB-A to USB-C adapter on a USB-C cable, plugged the host end into a USB-C to USB-A adapter, and got a valid tty.usbserial device created. This worked fine for connecting to the TX and for uploading new firmware. FYI, I’m using avrdude 8.0 via homebrew. This version doe…

Working with EmonTX5 USB UART on MacOS

Hardware emonTx

Robert.Wall (Robert Wall) 11 November 2024 01:59 2

As far as I’m aware, the emonTx5 uses the same USB chipset as the emonTx4 (CP2102), and again as far as I’m aware, the USB connector is no longer orientation-sensitive. But this might help: