by
24c
on Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:25 pm
How I got to install TunerStudio on
OSX 10.5.6 eventually (updated and simplified because of the better RXTX
package )
Assumes you have an OSX driver for your USB-Serial device
1. First get a copy of RXTX for your operating system. This one is useful,
because it contains versions for 10.4 & 10.5, and creates the directories
you need, plus as well, it puts your username in uucp within groups.
http://www.weathertoys.net/weathertoys/downloads.html
look for MacUsers.zip (2.3MB)
or use these which do the same because they are from the same source
(144.82 KiB)
(155.58 KiB)
2. Download TunerStudio_vx-x.xxx for OSX from here http://www.efianalytics.com/TunerStudio/beta/
Open a New Finder Window, and click & drag the TunerStudio_vx-x.xxx
folder to your PLACES>Applications and drop it in there. This is not the top
level Applications, it's the one under your Home folder.
3. Go to TunerStudio_vx-x.xxx >Lib and remove the librxtxSerial.jnilib
and put it in the Trash or move it to the directory below in step 4.
4. Go to Library>Java>Extensions and see what is in there...you
only need to have librxtxSerial.jnilib in there, everything else can be
trashed.
5. Go Utilities>Terminal, and open it.
Type cd hit the space
bar, and drag & drop the TunerStudio_vx-x.xxx folder from the Finder
> File>New Finder Window, into the right of the space. You will get a
directory path to your file. Hit enter and then
type sudo sh ./TunerStudio.sh
type in your password
TunerStudio.jar is initialized and given permission to run.
...and it will update to 0.9863 after a prompt, as the tar.gz version is older
You will need to restart your machine, but if you double click the TunerStudioMS.jar file it should start working...Your
MicroSquirt or MegaSquirt have to be connected via you USB-Serial device, and
switched on.
6. You then need to open a Project file, create one etc, maybe load a Tune in
there too. It should work now, but I'd really like other folks to try it.
Thanks 
PS Trying to install on a Cube running OSX 10.4.11, file locations aren't like
Leopard.
Last edited by 24c
on Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:30 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Working on ApplePowerPC G4 Cube running
Tiger 10.4.11 
Download your USB-Serial driver if need be .... for PL2303 use this
latest version
(73.2 KiB) Downloaded 4 times
Restart
Download RXTX from post above
Restart
Download TunerStudio and put in Applications folder
Double click TunerStudioMS.jar
Let it get the update from http://www.efianalytics.com
Quit TunerStudio
Remove RXTXcomm.jar file from Library>Java>Extensions and
the other file, LibrxtxSerial.jnilib will be left there.
Remove LibrxtxSerial.jnilib from TunerStudio_vx.xxx>Lib (put
it in the Trash)
Open TunerStudioMS.jar
Go Communications>Settings>Port and select /dev/tty.PL2303.XXXX
(in this case)
Click Test Port you should get Successful!
Make sure you have a Project, create New etc, and start with an .ini that's in
the set with TunerStudio and in your MicroS or MegaS otherwise you get mismatch
error dialog boxes.
My ATEN USBSerial device has the same amber LED flashes as the MacBook and
Windows box connect to the controller.
Online status, and red & green around bottom right status icon will be
flashing.
@ Unaclocker No messing in terminal for 10.4
@ Others This was a lot simpler, but I did have issues seeing the USB
Serial device on the USB port at first. I used Apple Menu>System
Profiler>USB to check. Once I could see it, using the later driver above, I
got the option to add this device to the port.
EDIT This was because my USB hub switches itself off, almost excusable as it's
not my machine, just borrowed it to test Tiger. When my wife switches off the
printer that's connected to it, all USB devices attached to the USB dock go
down...the hub was hidden so I couldn't see the green activity LEDs. 
It is possible that a 10.5 Install with the other version of the driver would
work much easier, as the OSX 10.4 install was a breeze with the version of RXTX
used above. It's also possible that TunerStudio might launch from the .jar file
in OSX 10.5 too. 