# Argon serial and cdc

**URL:** <https://community.particle.io/t/argon-serial-and-cdc/45903>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [December 4, 2018, 6:21am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/argon-serial-and-cdc/45903 "2018-12-04T06:21:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 4:31pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/argon-serial-and-cdc/45903/5 "2018-12-07T16:31:34Z")

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I’m not a Mac guy, but as I understand it Linux and Mac already have the required drivers on-board (most recent versions of MacOS may be different according to what I’ve read not long ago).

But unlike Gen2 devices Gen3 devices don’t expose USB Serial by default.

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