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WOW! You are really busy. I will keep checking back. Thanks.

Any progress, Dan?

No problem, Dan. I am away from my radio until Feb. 14th anyway.
AH6GT

It was a very simple process. I think that I downloaded the driver from this page, and simply clicked the installer.

https://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/Pages/USBtoUARTBridgeVCPDrivers.aspx#mac

I have 5 different programs on my Mac that are accessing my Kenwood using this driver.
-Aloha,
Konabob ...

Hi Dan,
Here is a list I get using the Terminal Utility.
jAReC.jar does not recognize anything in the Serial Ports list.
Is it possible a problem with the 'path'?

KonabobDesktop:~ konabob$ ls -l /dev
total 0
crw------- 1 root wheel 13, 1 Jan 26 05:28 afsc_type5
crw------- 1 root wheel 8, 0 Jan 26 ...

Congratulations on the progress!

My TS-590S connects directly to my iMac using the USB cable. I am using the Silicon Labs driver that I mentioned earlier. I am able to control the radio and also send and receive audio between the radio and computer. (fldigi and WSJT-X for example).
I have also ...

Hi Dan,
I hope you are enjoying you mini-Mac. Have you made any discoveries?
-Aloha from Hawaii.
AH6GT

Hi Dan,
I have had a few other Mac users contact me, asking if I have resolved the issue. I am so glad you have ordered a new Mac!
I know that others will be excited to get your program working!

Evidently, there is a freeware logging program called jLog. This page is titled " RXTX for Mac OS X ...

I turned on Java Logging, and ran jAReC.jar. Here is the Java Log. Do I need JFX? I am having trouble finding a download for Mac.
I downloaded Java SE Runtime Environment from: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre8-downloads-2133155.html

Log started: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 07:17:47 ...

Thanks Dan. If you have any more ideas, please let us know!
Are there any drivers that jAReC are known to work with?

Silicon Labs Driver is available here: https://www.silabs.com/Support%20Docume ... Driver.zip