- added and tested better mac support.. at least it's tested :-)

README.md

@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@ USB device using LabJack's supplied tools to do continuous analog
 sampling and digital I/O sync'd to the host computer's clock (to
 within 1 ms precision).
 
-*Only tested under Linux!* Timing measuresment validated against a
-Measurement Computing PCIe-DAS1062/16 using `comedi`.
+Tested under Linux (Mint 18.2) and OSX (10.12.6 Sierra). Timing
+measurements validated against a Measurement Computing PCIe-DAS1062/16
+sing `comedi` under linux (only).
 
-To setup and use you should run the lj-python-setup.sh script to
-install current versions of the LabJack drivers. This is a fully
-automated script that needs to be run as root:
+To setup and use you should run either {mac,linux}=lj-python-setup.sh
+script to install current versions of the LabJack drivers if they're not
+already installed. These are fully automated scripts that needs to be
+run as root:
 
     % sudo sh ./lj-python-setup.sh
 
@@ -23,10 +25,10 @@ the data to stdout.
 
 If you're using this -- it's not a bad idea to sample for 10ms or as
 soon as the labjack module is imported to initialize all the
-code. Otherwise, you can get some lag the first time the acquisition
-is started. Pretty sure this has something to do with delayed loading
-of `librt` by `ctypes` monoclock.py - it's not actually loaded until
-it's used, or something like that.
-
+code. Otherwise, it looks like you can get some lag the first time
+the acquisition is started. I'm pretty sure this has something to do
+with delayed loading of `librt` by `ctypes` in the monotonic clock
+function. This problem could be gone, but not worth testing right
+now.
 
 

mac-lj-python-setup.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# complete installation of labjack-python support for mac osx
+
+wget --no-check-certificate https://labjack.com/sites/default/files/software/Exodriver_NativeUSB_Setup.zip
+unzip -l Exodriver_NativeUSB_Setup.zip
+unzip Exodriver_NativeUSB_Setup.zip
+open Exodriver_NativeUSB_Setup.pkg
+
+git clone https://github.com/labjack/LabJackPython.git
+cd LabJackPython
+python ./setup.py install
+cd ..
+
+rm -rf LabJackPython Exodriver_NativeUSB_Setup.* __MACOSX
+
+cat <<EOF
+
+* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
+Labjack drivers installed - root and group:${LJGROUP} have access.
+* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
+
+EOF