how_to_blheli_mac_osx.md

How to use BLHeli Suite on Mac OS X

1. download & install winebottler

2. save list of devices connected to computer

ls /dev/* > /tmp/usbtmp1

1. plug in quadcopter over USB

note: must have [USB to UART drivers] (http://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/pages/usbtouartbridgevcpdrivers.aspx) installed for cleanflight

1. save list of devices to a different file

ls /dev/* > /tmp/usbtmp2

1. diff the two lists of devices we saved, copy these

note: this may be different for you

diff /tmp/usbtmp1 /tmp/usbtmp2

# > /dev/cu.SLAB_USBtoUART
# > /dev/tty.SLAB_USBtoUART

1. symlink both devices, one as com1, and the other as com2

ln -s /dev/cu.SLAB_USBtoUART com1
ln -s /dev/tty.SLAB_USBtoUART com2

1. get the full path to your wine binary and your downloaded BlHeliSuite.exe app

/Applications/Wine.app/Contents/Resources/bin/wine /Users/ben/Downloads/BLHeliSuiteBeta144051/BLHeliSuite.exe

1. open automator
2. new document
3. application
4. search -> run shell script
5. paste full path from previous step
6. save somewhere as BLHeli.app
7. run the app!

This is awesome; thank you so much for making this! I have been wishing for a way to configure BLHeli without Windows for a while, and I can't believe I forgot about Wine.

Just a small suggestion: step 6 should maybe be

ln -s /dev/cu.SLAB_USBtoUART $HOME/.wine/dosdevices/com1
ln -s /dev/tty.SLAB_USBtoUART $HOME/.wine/dosdevices/com2

thanks for posting this! Worked a charm.

With Chrome app support ending, I need this for blhelisuite. However I am stuck on an error related to freetype fonts when installing wine. Any ideas?

I have a similar error, err:syslink:SYSLINK_SetFont Failed to create link font! - any suggestions?

Haven't tried, but there may be a native MacOS version now: bitdump/BLHeli#324 (comment)