Hello Terri, The Edgeport converter that is mentioned in the manual and was mentioned on the list a day or two ago, works because it supports the Windows CE operating system and we have put the drivers for this device, in the BrailleNote mPower image.
There is another solution which some Humanware staff in the US have found to work. It is a Bluetooth parallel adapter and is cheaper than the Edgeport converter. This adapter is made by Bluetake Technology: www.bluetake.com However, not having seen or tested this device, I am not able to provide a lot more information on it, apart from saying that it appears as a printer in the list of Bluetooth services. Regards, Dea Jackson Humanware Christchurch New Zealand. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terri Pannett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 3:56 AM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Printers and the mPower Well, my printer won't work with the Mp because it uses Windows software as well as the USB cable. As for embossers, I use an Index Everest-D. It has a serial and a parallel connection. S, I can buy a USB to parallel converter, connect to the serial port, use my BN classic to emboss from, or use my PC for embossing. I'm a cheapskate, so I'm using my PC for embossing. I remember Jonathan said in his demo of the BN Mp that USB to parallel converters would work with the MP, but if they require software, how could they? As far as freezes go, I hate to lose data, too. That's why I wish Keysoft had a timed backup, like the programs on my PC's do. Until then, the work-around is to save the document every 5 minutes. That's what I have my timed backup set for on my PC. I hope Jonathan or Dean can shed some light on these parallel to USB converters or is it USB to parallel adapters? Terri, Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX, California ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Aldrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 8:52 PM Subject: re: [Braillenote] Printers and the mPower > Rhonda, Kathy and list, > > I'm facing this same situation only as it applies to embossing documents. > I may need to read that section. > > I was editing a newsletter for embossing. While working on it last night, > the "freeze bug" decided to visit me. Perhaps it had to find a new place > since a number of you have run the patch. I was stuck in the page column > and line information and couldn't get out no matter what I tried to do. > My only option was to hit the reset button. Needless to say, I lost two > hours of work. Luckily, most of my efforts dealt with formatting. I > would really have been mad had I written the document from scratch. I > recovered much of my work last night and finished everything up tonight. > I will probably transfer the document over to my BN classic which has the > parallel port and I'll be able to emboss from there I hope! What a pain! > I hope to have the necessary interface by the time I do this newsletter > again. > > Keep us posted! > > Jim Aldrich > > At 05:40 PM 11/17/2005 , you wrote: >>Kathy, first of all, in looking at the manual, it says that this >>discussion is outside the scope of the user guide, for what that's worth. >>USB is now the universal standard for connecting to printers. Plug the >>USB printer into one of your BrailleNote BT USB host ports, and select USB >>as your printer port. >>Though the BrailleNote mPower no longer has a parallel port, it is >>possible to use a printer or embosser that only has a parallel connecter. >>Using an Inside Out Networks -- Edgeport/421 multi-interface converter, >>you can print to a parallel printer or embosser by plugging in the USB >>cable of the converter to the BN BT, and the parallel cable of the printer >>into the converter hub. >>This requires a special driver to work on the BN. No software is required >>to be downloaded for this. There is more information on this in section >>6.8.6. Good luck. >> >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>From: kathy davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>To: [email protected] >>>Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 19:05:35 -0700 >>>Subject: [Braillenote] Printers and the mPower >> >>>Hi, List and Humanware staff, >> >>>What printers have you mPower users used successfully with your >>mPower? If they were not a USB printer, have you had success with the USB >>to parallel converter cables? >>>I will need such a cable to use with my Epson printer, and >>wondered if they're workable. >>>I could connect the mPower to the Canon printer my husband uses, >>via the USB port, but unfortunately it was not supported by the mPower >>even in the standard setting, hence the need to try my Epson. We have a >>third printer but it's also a Canon. >>>Thanks for your help. >>>Kathy (still enjoying using my mPower) >> >>>___ >>>To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >>>http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >> >> >>___ >>To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >>http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >> > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > __________ NOD32 1.1290 (20051117) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
