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add comment for Mac that root is not required to access serial port

Yeo Kheng Meng 9 years ago
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@@ -66,9 +66,13 @@ To get started quickly, you can take a look at my example project [here](Example
 git clone https://github.com/yeokm1/SwiftSerial.git
 cd SwiftSerial/Examples/SwiftSerialExample/
 swift build
-#You need root to access the serial port. Replace /dev/ttyUSB0 with the name of your serial port under test
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+#For Linux: You need root to access the serial port. Replace /dev/ttyUSB0 with the name of your serial port under test
 sudo ./.build/debug/SwiftSerialExample /dev/ttyUSB0
 
+#For Mac: Root is not required
+./.build/debug/SwiftSerialExample /dev/tty.usbserial
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 #If all goes well you should see a series of messages informing you that data transmitted has been received properly.
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