Brian, No, that is correct; I was not trying to use any form of internet while I was in the Napa area, whether that is a wired or wireless card.
The only thing that I can think of that would be in that area in terms of interference would probably be the multiple units of BrailleNotes, GPS receivers, and 2-way radios, but we also had these exact same thing come with us to San Francisco. We had just about 30 units with us during the time. There was about 30 BrailleNotes and 30 GPS recievers on at any given time. Yeah, I did not run into stuttering or locking up problems while I was in the San Francisco area. And, like I stated earlier; we brought all of the same interference equipments that we had in Napa with us to San Francisco. The same pproblem occurred regardless of the time of the day, whether that is in an open area or in an enclosed area. I mostly found this occuring while I was in an open area, which I find sort of ironic. I have also notice this while I was out walking around at midnight, during one of the nights, and I would think that is a time with less interference. Well, the part of Napa that I was in there was no cell phone coverage at all, there were very tall trees, maybe about 10 stories high on average. The location can be described as a bowl, with trees surrounding us, and the location being in the lower center part of the bowl. Again, these are all physical aspects, which I believe should not have any interference with the performance of the BrailleNote. It didn't just affect the speech, it also affected the entire BrailleNote, including the Braille Display. Very strange, , yes. Unusual, yes. Still not sure what is going on. Kevin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Lingard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "BrailleNote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 7:14 PM Subject: [Braillenote] Stuttering and Locking Up of Mpower and PK > Ottawa Canada > > Hi Kevin: > > I take it you were not trying to use your Mpower or one of the PK > units in the Napa, California, area with a wireless CF card or > the wired-in Ethernet CF card when they were stuttering and > locking up. > > Because the problem was site-specific, it almost makes me wonder > if there were a powerful radio transmitter near where you were > that was getting its signal into the circuits of the affected > units. > > However if you routinely use your unit with no problems in say > downtown San Francisco, which probably has a lot of radio > transmitters for radio stations, TV stations, paging, police, > taxis couriers etc., I am darned if I know why your unit would > stutter and/or lock up in Napa but not San Francisco. > > Did the problem seem to get better or worse as you moved around > say in a large building or the Napa area? > > Reason I ask, is that if there was so much radio frequency energy > floating around it was interfering with your unit, it would > probably interfere with other electronic things too, like say > cellular telephones, ghetto blasters, car stereos and the like. > > Very interesting! > > Brian > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.9/416 - Release Date: > 10/08/2006 > > > > ___ > 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
