I did some investigation on persistent port naming on Linux some time ago? - read here.? This should work with MACs too as a they a Linux(ish) under the hood.
Will upgrade the firmware and write a udev recipe for the QMX when I get a mo.
On Wed, Apr 23, 2025, 18:38 Hans Summers via <hans.summers=[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Jan
Is it at all possible to set up virtual COM ports so that they will have a consistent name when (re)connecting? I've found that under MacOSX, the name changes every time you plug it in. This makes it slightly annoying when you have to set it up every time in WSJT-X and other software.
I think I've seen that ability on a seeedstudio T1000 meshtastic device.
It's done on QDX already and I intend to do it on QMX too. It only works on Linux. On Windows, the OS ignores the name you give it and always gets called COM4, COM5 etc. What happens on Mac I'm not sure! Perhaps some Mac user with a QDX could comment?