How do you go about exercising the Braille display on the BN? Thanks Drew Hunthausen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Les Kriegler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Braillenote List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 3:22 AM Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Braille cells on the M-Power QT Display
> Hi Don, > > Well, I had exercised the display, but not upside down. I'll try that. > When my unit went in, it was cleaned, and when it returned, the problems > till came back intermittently. It cannot hurt to try this just for > experimentation! Thanks. > > Les > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of don bishop > Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 12:42 PM > To: Braillenote List > Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Braille cells on the M-Power QT Display > > Hi Les, > > When you get a transplant, the braille cells from your original unit are put > into the MPower case. So what you end up with is a new MPower with your > original display. > > I had a problem with missing dots recentlly and although it sounds weird, I > went into support mode and hit x to exercise the display and then turned the > entire unit upside down so the braille cells were facing downward and let it > exercise for maybe 1 or two minutes and then stopped. Previous to that I > had simply exercised the display for a few minutes but the problem came > back. However, after exercising it with the unit upside down, the problem > has not returned. > > The only thing I can figure is that whatever was obstructing the dots was > pushed out by the dots pushing out the foreign material apparently > permanently. > Worth a try! > > Don > > On Sun, 8 Oct 2006 08:15:14 -0400, Les Kriegler wrote: > > Hi Kc, > > Actually, I thought the cells were the same as the unit was transplanted. > Now, I do lose dots randomly, but they usually either pop back on their own, > or I press the area of the display parallel to the missing dot and it often > returns. They are not missing permanently, but I have had intermittnet > problems since the transplant was done. While better, it still does occur. > I use the advance thumb key a lot, and I do hear a click that doesn't sound > normal sometimes, and I then notice a dot missing in a cell. In my case, > the pins were replaced, and at one point, one cell was replaced, but the > same cell would lose a dot, so in my case, I don't think it's the actual > cell itself that is causing the intermittent problem. > > Les > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of kathleen spear > Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 12:50 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Braillenote] Braille cells on the M-Power QT Display > > Hello everyone, this is KC Spear. > > As some of you know, when using my BN M-Power, I rely entirely on braille. I > know some of you use both braille and speech. > Logically, you don't use your braille display for reading and editing as > much as I do. > My point is that, with the BN Classic, I only had to ask for 1-cell > replacemnt. That was done in 2005, when I sent the BN in > for a "Transplant." I'm going to need to send the M-Power > back, because several cells are missing dots. Has anyone else experienced a > problem with the M-Power cells? (I admit to being surprised, because I > understood these cells are supposedly better than the ones in the Classic.) > KC > > ___ > 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 1.1794 (20061006) 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 > ___ 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
