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Phasor clock

A sample accurate version of the Max metro object.

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Detects state change when a phasor goes from one to zero. I first saw this in a patch by jhno. Here is a tutorial by Cycling 74: https://cycling74.com/wiki/index.php?title=MSP_Sequencing_Tutorial_1:_Audio-Rate_Sequencing

This patch is used as a clock in an RTTY (frequency shift keying) project. https://reactivemusic.net/?p=8893. It uses the count~ object instead of phasor~ because its easier to restart the clock at zero phase.

Download

https://github.com/tkzic/max-projects

folder: phasor-clock

patches:

  • phasor-clock.maxpat
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Mac OS frequency control for Softrock SDR devices

Softrock-USB-I2C-Controller

By VK6JBL (Andrew Nilsson)

Available for download at https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/softrock40/files/VK6JBL/

Note: You need to join the Yahoo softrock40 group to access the link

More information about Softrock using Mac OS here: http://blog.marxy.org/2012/02/softrock-ensemble-rxtx-with-dsp-radio.html

By Peter B Marks

Note: On Mavericks you may need to unload the kext for the USB device before plugging in the Softrock:

sudo kextunload -bundle com.apple.driver.AppleUSBFTDI

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 update 3-2016

Using the method above gives error messages, similar to:

(kernel) Kext /System/Library/Extensions/AppleUSBFTDI.kext/Contents/MacOS/AppleUSBFTDI not found for unload request.
Failed to unload /System/Library/Extensions/AppleUSBFTDI.kext/Contents/MacOS/AppleUSBFTDI – (libkern/kext) not found.

Various suggestions:

Reboot the computer. Run the command again. Ignore the error message. And then try plugging in the softrock again.

Tried some variations of the command…

sudo kextunload -b /System/Library/Extensions/AppleUSBFTDI.kext/Contents/MacOS/AppleUSBFTDI

But the following one seemed to do the trick (at least for now) even though it still gives an error:

sudo kextunload -bundle-id com.FTDI.driver.FTDIUSBSerialDriver

For a more practical solution, check the FTDI manual, if it makes any sense to you.

http://www.ftdichip.com/Support/Documents/AppNotes/AN_134_FTDI_Drivers_Installation_Guide_for_MAC_OSX.pdf

 

usbsoftrock

A linux command line utility to control softrock, also  by Andrew Nilsson

Local source is in tkzic/softrock/usbsoftrock

Online repo: https://code.google.com/p/usbsoftrock/ (last updated 2/2011)

It appears that this may have the code needed to build a Max external.

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Soft66lc FTDI driver issues in Mac Os

Notes: Since Mavericks, the Soft66lc SDR external has not been working in Max. Although I was not able to update the external, there is a temporary workaround.

Mac OS is hijacking the FTDI USB device with its own driver. You can unload the driver from terminal:

sudo kextunload -bundle com.apple.driver.AppleUSBFTDI

To reload the driver use “kextload”.

Here is  article from Sparkfun with details about this workaround: https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/how-to-install-ftdi-drivers/mac

And a more elaborate workaround that removes the Apple driver: http://www.mommosoft.com/blog/2014/10/24/ftdi-chip-and-os-x-10-10/

Notes about latency and FTDI http://openbci.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/199/latency-timer-os-x-new-info-plist

The real solution involves using the new Apple driver to communicate with the device: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/technotes/tn2315/_index.html

Or spoofing the driver with a codeless kext: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7263648/codeless-kext-loading-problem