cask "ftdi-vcp-driver" do version "1.5.0,2022,06" sha256 "f535d604d5098c4ecde0f213a80732cd45906339472ae30c0723959336a50b9c" url "https://ftdichip.com/wp-content/uploads/#{version.csv.second}/#{version.csv.third}/FTDIUSBSerialDextInstaller_#{version.csv.first.dots_to_underscores}.dmg" name "FTDI VCP Driver" desc "Virtual COM port driver" homepage "https://ftdichip.com/drivers/vcp-drivers/" deprecate! date: "2026-05-16", because: :unreachable depends_on :macos # App must be installed in `/Applications`. app "FTDIUSBSerialDextInstaller_#{version.csv.first.dots_to_underscores}.app", target: "/Applications/FTDIUSBSerialDextInstaller.app" installer manual: "/Applications/FTDIUSBSerialDextInstaller.app" # `systemextensionsctl` currently only works when SIP is disabled and there # doesn't seem to be any other way to uninstall a driver extension. # uninstall script: { # executable: "systemextensionsctl", # args: ["uninstall", "-", "com.ftdi.vcp.dext"], # } uninstall delete: [ "~/Library/Application Scripts/com.ftdi.vcp.dext", "~/Library/Containers/com.ftdi.vcp.dext", ] caveats do reboot <<~EOS Once you've rebooted, you can (re)connect your FTDI device and it will show up in /dev, usually like this: /dev/tty.usbserial-XXXXXXXX where XXXXXXXX is a random ID, based on the serial number. To uninstall the driver, you must use the GUI to move the application from /Applications/FTDIUSBSerialDextInstaller.app to Trash, otherwise the system extension will not be removed. EOS end end