Phidget control panel won't recognize any phidget sensor.

[Omna6]

I'm running Phidget22 on macOS 14.1 Sonoma but the control panel is empty and nothing is shown no matter how many times I reisntalled the driver or disconnected and reconnected any sensor.
pls HELP

[mparadis]

When you installed the drivers, did it prompt you to allow connections from Phidgets devices?

There was a security feature added to MacOS that blocks USB from extensions until you explicitly allow it. You can read about it and how to allow it here:

https://developer.apple.com/library/arc ... index.html

[mostlyharmless]

i believe i am having this same issue on sequoia.

looks like none of the phidget kext files made it into /system/Library/Frameworks/ nor into /system/Library/Extensions

Attemping to re-install the driver pkg does not work.

The first time I tried this, I may have hit "ok" when advised that kernel extensions were blocked.

No Phidgets-related options exist in the System Settings-->General-->Login Items and Extensions, etc.

help?

[Patrick]

As an alternative, you can try the standalone control panel - this uses a driver extension instead of a kernel driver.

-Patrick

[mostlyharmless]

As an alternative, you can try the standalone control panel - this uses a driver extension instead of a kernel driver.

Thank you for the reply

Would this work for other applications beyond the control panel?

Is there a way to uninstall+reinstall? Or can I manually copy files to the kernel extensions directories?

[Patrick]

The standalone control panel is install by copying it to the Applications folder and then opening it - it will ask to enable the extension. It is uninstalled by deleting it.

While it is installed, it's extension works for all other programs as well.

Most current-gen Phidgets don't require a kernel/system extension at all to function - it is required for Phidgets with a 'HID' USB Stack listed on their product spec page.

If your Phidget isn't showing up at all, it may be an issue with the Phidget or the USB cable - is the Phidget working on another computer? What Phidget are you using?

-Patrick