Sharon, I just received a distress call. Are you working my baby to death down there? <big wide grin> Isaac
On Sun, 20 Nov 2005, brailler wrote: > Hello. I need to know how I can move my address book, connection settings, > email information and whatever else I need from my bn to my pk. My bn is going > in for the transplant and just got the pk. > Thanks for any help in advance. > Sharon > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dean Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 9:27 AM > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Printers and the mPower > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > ___ > > 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 > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.4/176 - Release Date: 11/20/2005 > > > > > > > ___ > 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 > >
