Hi,
I've tried multiple ways to print from the RM42 launchpad to my Macbook Air without success.
1) Using the standard printf, I followed these steps for using printf and CIO in CCS. The code builds and flashes with no problem, but I do not see the CIO option in the available consoles so I am unable to view "hello world" when I call printf("hello world").
2) I also tried using UART and SCI from the ADC Example. I get the code flashed to the board, but run into the same problem of being able to view the output. On slide 23 when it says to open a terminal to view the output, I followed the steps for the terminal built into CCS. When I edit the settings and change the connection type to serial I get a cannot initialize serial error: "the RXTX library has not been installed".
When I try to install it I get the error:
"Cannot complete the install because one or more required items could not be found.
Software being installed: RXTX End-User Runtime 2.1.7.4_v20071016-7B57e7UAXMAAqGAGf (gnu.io.rxtx.feature.group 2.1.7.4_v20071016-7B57e7UAXMAAqGAGf)
Missing requirement for filter properties ~= $0: RXTX End-User Runtime 2.1.7.4_v20071016-7B57e7UAXMAAqGAGf (gnu.io.rxtx.feature.group 2.1.7.4_v20071016-7B57e7UAXMAAqGAGf) requires 'gnu.io.rxtx.macosx [2.1.7.3_v20071015]' but it could not be found"
I have not been able to figure out how to install the dependency.
2.5) So then I tried to get an external terminal program running to view the SCI output from the board. The problem I ran into here was I could not find the device being recognized by my computer. Both ls tty.usb* and ls cu.usb* in the terminal returned no resulted. I tried installing the FTDI drivers for OS X http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm. The installation completed but I saw no change in the recognized devices. Following the step in the installation guide (which refers to an older version of macOSX) I got up to page 4 where the drive installs successfully, but the I still have no USB devices in /dev/cu* and /dev/tty*. I also looked in system information and these were the only usb devices that showed up: 
so I am stuck getting my computer to recognize the board and getting the CCS terminal working for serial for the SCI option and I cannot open a CIO console for the standard printf option. From what I understand the CIO console only opens if CCS is receiving CIO data from the board.
Any ideas of how I should proceed? I've also tried both SCI and standard printf with demo code that flashed to my board out of the box. Every time I ran into the same problem viewing the "hello world" message in a terminal. I wonder if this is a MacOSX specific problem?
Thanks so much!
Alex
