Hi, Sue. There is no charge for downloading, either with verizon as long as
you aren't set up to use their national access plan. I hear that takes
software, anyway<grin>. When I did this, I was using an LG vx4400. I now
have an LG vx8100, but they won't have a serial cable for it until
September. It is a pretty new phone. Also, I haen't tried this with the MPower.
I am a bit concerned because with the classic bn, you could slow down the
serial port. With the MPower, it is up at 115200.
However, the downloads can only proceed at 14400. I assume that the phone
and MPower will negotiate this, but I haven't had a way to test it yet.
I do hope that it works.
At 8/17/2005, you wrote:
Paul,
What type of phone are you using? I have varizon, and the BN running 6.11,
and I have a cable which connects to the phone, and to the serial port. I
set it to haze compatiable, and just have it call the earthlink number, and
there's no charge for downloading.
Sue Mangis
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Henrichsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: August 17, 2005 3:47 PM
Subject: [Braillenote] Using the braille note with Verizon and your
cellphone
> Hi, Listers. Here is how to set up your bn to use it with your cell phone
> to browse the net or get email with verizon.
> First, you need to get a serial cable for your cell phone. Verizon does
not
> support bluetooth data transfer at this time. I also don't know if this
> works with an MPower using a USB cable.
> To set up for the braille note:
> Set the cell phone for serial. It will probably be set for USB. How to do
> this depends on the menus on your particular cell phone.
> Set the baud rate on the cell phone to 19200
> Since the MPower's baud rate is set at 115200, you might have to set the
> cell phone for the same. It should be set for this by default.
> I haven't tested this on an MPower, but it works great on a bn classic.
> If there is a way to slow down the serial port on an MPower, I haven't
> found out what it is yet.
> Next, create a new modem configuration from the configuration menu.
> Enter the phone number as #777.
> Note the pound or number sign. It must be present.
> User name and password are both qnc.
> Everything else can pretty much be left at defaults. I think I have mine
> set to wait for dial tone.
> In the initialization string prompt, enter the following:
> at$qcmdr=2; at$qcqnc=1
> At the end of this string, enter <cr> So, that is cr surrounded by less
> than and greater than signs.
> Verizon has two modes for downloading data. The one called national access
> costs depending on how many megs you want to download. You can also pay as
> you go at 1.5 cents per k.
> However, there is a slower 14.4 kbps rate which you do not have to pay
for.
> I have been using this for a year and a half with the bn classic.
> Hope this helps.
>
>
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